Mile Svilar

Mile Svilar (Миле Свилар; born 27 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Roma and the Serbia national team.

Svilar is a product of the Belgian youth teams of KFCO Wilrijk and Beerschot A.C., while in 2010 he joined the Belgian giant Anderlecht in which during the 2016–17 season, he became part of the first team as the third choice goalkeeper, but he did not appear in any game.

He was the first choice goalkeeper for the Belgium U-17 team at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Azerbaijan.

Born in Belgium to Serbian parents, Svilar is eligible to represent Belgium or Serbia.

Svilar signed a five-year contract with Portuguese champions Benfica on 28 August 2017.

On 14 October, he made his debut with the club in a 1–0 victory over Olhanense, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to ever play for Benfica.

In international competition, he broke Iker Casillas' record as the youngest goalkeeper to ever play in the Champions League on 18 October 2017, in a 1–0 home defeat to Manchester United, aged 18 years and 52 days.

In the return leg against the English side, aged 18 years and 65 days, he became the youngest goalkeeper ever to save a penalty in a Champions League match.

In the same match, which ended in a 2–0 away defeat, he also became the youngest player ever to score an own goal in the competition.

On 1 July 2022, Svilar signed a contract with Serie A club Roma until 30 June 2027.

On 22 February 2024, he saved two penalties during the shootouts which ended in a 4–2 victory over Feyenoord in the 2023–24 Europa League knockout round play-offs.

Svilar was a member of Belgium U-16, Belgium U-17, Belgium U-18 national teams and was also a member of Belgium U-19.

On 4 November 2017, he announced that he would play his first game for the Serbia national team in March 2018, as he accepted the call from the Football Association of Serbia.

He debuted with Serbia in a friendly 4–0 win over Qatar on 1 September 2021.

Svilar has a Serbian passport.

His father, Ratko, is a former Serbian goalkeeper.

Anderlecht

Benfica

Roma