Newcastle United official announcement – Miodrag Pivas signs | OneFootball

Miodrag Pivas has signed for Newcastle United.

Saturday morning bringing the news.

A Newcastle United official announcement at 10am revealing Miodrag Pivas has joined NUFC.

Good luck to the latest addition to Newcastle United.

Newcastle United official announcement – 20 July 2024:

Newcastle United have completed the signing of promising Serbian defender Miodrag Pivas from FK Jedinstvo Ub.

The highly rated 19-year-old, who has represented Serbia at under-17 level, also featured in a defensive midfield position last season as Jedinstvo finished as runners-up in the second tier to clinch promotion to the Serbian Super Liga.

Born in Novi Sad, north west of Serbian capital Belgrade, Pivaš began his career with Austrian regional sides UFC Siezenheim and SV Grödig before returning to his native country with Jedinstvo in 2023.

Miodrag Pivaš said: “It’s absolutely unbelievable to join such a big club like Newcastle United and I cannot wait to get started. I see the project of the club and it looks great which helped convince me to sign for Newcastle.

Darren Eales, CEO at Newcastle United, said: “Miodrag is a promising talent with high potential. Our recruitment network is continuing to watch young players like Miodrag around the world with a view to identifying and developing them into first team players of the future.