Nemanja Arsenijević

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
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)
2006 → Srem (loan) 1 (0)
2006 → Borac Čačak (loan) 15 (1)
2008 → Mladost 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)
National team
2004–2005 Serbia and Montenegro U19[lower-alpha 1] 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

After an impressive debut season with 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 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

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

Personal life

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.[5]

Honours
Honvéd

Notes
  1. Only official UEFA matches included

References
  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. "Arsenijević i Supić u Novom Pazaru" (in Serbian). rtvnp.rs. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
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