Nemanja Arsenijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Арсенијевић; born 6 January 1986) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Nemanja Arsenijević
Personal information
Full name Nemanja Arsenijević
Date of birth (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Titovo Užice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Sloboda Užice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Sloboda Užice 28 (19)
2004–2008 OFK Beograd 57 (11)
2006Srem (loan) 1 (0)
2006Borac Čačak (loan) 15 (1)
2008Mladost Lučani (loan) 8 (0)
2008–2009 Honvéd 5 (0)
2008–2009 Honvéd II 9 (5)
2009–2010 Sevojno 27 (7)
2010 Sloboda Užice 15 (7)
2011–2012 Asteras Tripoli 15 (0)
2013 Hapoel Acre 9 (1)
2013–2014 Novi Pazar 26 (9)
2014–2015 Jagodina 22 (2)
2015–2016 Rad 29 (5)
2016–2017 Sparta 7 (0)
2017 Radnik Surdulica 13 (3)
Total 286 (70)
International career
2004–2005 Serbia and Montenegro U19[a] 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

After an impressive debut season with the Sloboda Užice in the Serbian League West, Arsenijević was transferred to OFK Beograd in the summer of 2004. He spent four years at the club, including loan spells to Srem, Borac Čačak, and Mladost Lučani. In the summer of 2008, Arsenijević went abroad and spent one season with the Hungarian club Honvéd.[1][2]

In the summer of 2017, Arsenijević decided to retire from professional football due to heart problems, aged 31.[3]

International career edit

Arsenijević represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, scoring just one goal in the tournament, as the team lost in the semi-finals to England.[4]

Managerial career edit

In 2022, he served as a coach for the Slavia FC academy program in Toronto.[5]

Personal life edit

Arsenijević is the younger brother of fellow footballer Filip Arsenijević. Their father, Dušan, was also a footballer who played for Rad in the Yugoslav First League.[6]

Honours edit

Honvéd

Notes edit

  1. ^ Only official UEFA matches included

References edit

  1. ^ "ARSENIJEVIC NEMANJA" (in Hungarian). hlsz.hu. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "ARSENIJEVIC NEMANJA" (in Hungarian). mlsz.hu. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ "ZIMSKE PRIČE - Nemanja Arsenijević: Rad u Srbiji? Ne hvala…" (in Serbian). zurnal.rs. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Veselinovic takes scoring plaudits". uefa.com. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Meet our Coaches". slaviafc.com. 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Arsenijević i Supić u Novom Pazaru" (in Serbian). rtvnp.rs. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

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