Miloš Degenek
Squad number 2 · APOEL
Their 2026 World Cup
Miloš Degenek travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Australia, wearing number 2, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 4 matches (1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat) and bowed out in the round of 32, beaten by Egypt 1-1.
Defence went to H. Souttar (4 matches, 390′) and A. Circati (4 matches, 390′).
Another 2 players in the Australia squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Australia team page.
Biography
Miloš Degenek ( MIL-osh DEG-ə-nek; Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Дегенек, born 28 April 1994) is a professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot First Division club APOEL. Born in Croatia, he represents the Australia national team. Degenek represented both Serbia and Australia at youth levels before making his senior international debut for Australia against England in 2016.
Early life Degenek was born in 1994 in Knin, Croatia, which was then the capital of the self-proclaimed Serb proto-state Republic of Serbian Krajina. He lived in Orlić, a village near Biskupija, Croatia, where his father's family is from. His family was part of the Serb population of Croatia that fled the Croatian War of Independence to Yugoslav and Serbian capital Belgrade in 1995 during Operation Storm where they lived as refugees. In 2000, at six years of age, Degenek and his family emigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, settling in the suburb of Campsie.
Degenek played for the Westfields Sports High School and the Australian Institute of Sport.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)