From Belgrade to Saudi Arabia and back to the Serbian capital, the Australian defender has had quite the 12 months
It has been a whirlwind 12 months for Socceroo Milos Degenek, who played an influential role as his boyhood club Red Star Belgrade snapped a 26-year European drought last season.
Not since 1992 had Red Star qualified for Europe's premier club competition. But Degenek's looping header helped the Serbian champions to a dramatic play-off win over RB Salzburg in 2018.
In the international wilderness since soon after winning the European Cup in 1991, it awoke a sleeping giant.