Jovan Milosevic Transfers to Braga from Stuttgart
SC Braga have landed Jovan Milosevic – and paid handsomely to do it. What started as a Bild report of advanced talks ended on Wednesday evening with the deal signed and sealed: the Serbian striker has put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Portuguese club, tying him down until 2031.
For VfB Stuttgart, it is exactly the kind of exit they had been hoping for.
Big profit for Stuttgart, big bet for Braga
Milosevic arrived in Germany in 2023 as a promising prospect from Vojvodina Novi Sad for around 1.5 million euros. One year and a series of loans later, he leaves as a clear sale candidate turned lucrative asset.
According to Bild, Braga will pay up to nine million euros including bonuses for the 21-year-old. Six times what Stuttgart invested. For a club preparing for Champions League football, that margin matters. It is a clean profit and timely income, especially for a player who never managed to establish himself in the first team.
The numbers underline the paradox of his Stuttgart spell. The potential was never in doubt. The impact was. Across three years, Milosevic made only six competitive appearances for the Swabians. The door to regular minutes never really opened.
A career of loans before a clean break
The lack of perspective in Stuttgart pushed Milosevic onto the loan carousel. From February 2024, he barely set foot back in Swabia.
First came FC St. Gallen in Switzerland. Then a return to familiar surroundings with Partizan Belgrade in his homeland. Most recently, he spent half a season at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, where he finally produced something tangible: three goals in 13 games for SVW.
Even that upturn did not change his status at VfB. Milosevic returned to Stuttgart this summer, but coach Sebastian Hoeneß did not plan with him. With his contract running until 2029, the club’s stance was clear: find a buyer.
They found more than one.
Udinese try a late hijack
As Braga closed in, Udinese Calcio tried to crash the party. The Serie A club moved late, attempting to lure Milosevic away from the Portuguese side at the last moment.
The Italian interest added tension, but not a twist. According to Bild, Stuttgart and Braga reached a final agreement on Wednesday morning, shutting the door on Udinese’s push. By the evening, the move was official. The long goodbye from Stuttgart was over.
New stage, fierce competition
Braga finished fourth in Portugal last season. They are ambitious, they are aggressive in the market, and they see Milosevic as part of a squad built to attack on multiple fronts.
Europe is on the horizon. To get into the Conference League league phase, Braga must first get past Austria Vienna in the play-offs. If they succeed, Milosevic will have continental football on his CV before he has truly settled into his new surroundings.
Inside the dressing room, nothing will be handed to him. The competition at centre-forward is intense. Former Barcelona talent Pau Victor is there. So is Jonas Wind, the ex-Wolfsburg striker who moved to Portugal on a free after VfL’s relegation.
Reports in Portugal and Germany say coach Carlos Vicens has pushed hard for Milosevic and is a firm admirer of his style. That backing helps. It does not guarantee minutes.
Stuttgart have cashed in. Braga have taken the gamble. Now it is up to Milosevic to show whether he was a smart piece of business – or a profit VfB will one day regret.
