Nemanja_Arsenijević
Nemanja Arsenijević
Serbian footballer
Nemanja Arsenijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Арсенијевић; born 6 January 1986) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| 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) |
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Serbia and Montenegro U19[lower-alpha 1] | 10 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
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]
In 2022, he served as a coach for the Slavia FC academy program in Toronto.[5]
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]
- Honvéd
- Only official UEFA matches included
- "ARSENIJEVIC NEMANJA" (in Hungarian). hlsz.hu. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "ARSENIJEVIC NEMANJA" (in Hungarian). mlsz.hu. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "ZIMSKE PRIČE - Nemanja Arsenijević: Rad u Srbiji? Ne hvala…" (in Serbian). zurnal.rs. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- "Veselinovic takes scoring plaudits". uefa.com. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "Meet our Coaches". slaviafc.com. 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- "Arsenijević i Supić u Novom Pazaru" (in Serbian). rtvnp.rs. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- Nemanja Arsenijević at Soccerway
- Nemanja Arsenijević at WorldFootball.net
- Nemanja Arsenijević at FootballDatabase.eu
- Nemanja Arsenijević – UEFA competition record (archive)