Nemanja Radonjić ( sr-cyr, Немања Радоњић, ; born 15 February 1996) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as an

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or winger for Italian club

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. He has also represented the Serbia national team since 2017.

Club career

Early years

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origin. He is born in

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. Radonjić played in youth academy of the local club Radnički in his early years. Previously, he was a member of the local clubs Medijana and Železničar where he made his first football steps. As one of the best prospects in the academy, Radonjić moved to

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where he spent several, but later declared himself as a fan of the greatest opponent,

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. Next he spent several months with

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in Romania, before he signed a five-year contract with

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in 2014, being loaned to

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for a season. At the beginning of 2016, Radonjić returned to Serbia, and joined Čukarički as a loaned player. He scored a goal on his debut for Čukarički in the Serbian SuperLiga. In the next fixture match, against Jagodina, he scored a goal from around 30 meters long distance of a goal, and later made assist for another goal. Playing with Čukarički, Radonjić collected 31 appearances with 4 goals in all competitions until the end of 2016–17 season.

Red Star Belgrade

On 21 July 2017, Radonjić moved to Red Star Belgrade. He signed a five-year deal with his new club, being formally loaned until summer 2019, when his contract with Roma will end. He chose to wear the number 49 jersey at his new club. Radonjić made his debut for Red Star Belgrade in the first leg of the third qualifying round for 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, replacing

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in the 61st minute of the match against Sparta Prague, played on 27 July 2017. Radonjić scored his first goal for the club in the second leg of the play-off round for UEFA Europa League, in 2–1 victory against

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. Radonjić played his first eternal derby on 27 August 2017, replacing

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in the 67th minute of the match. Radonjić scored his second goal for Red Star in 1–1 draw to

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on 14 September 2017. Radonjić suffered a

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fracture during the match against

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on 18 November 2017. He became the third player in squad who injured in the same way since the beginning of the 2017–18 campaign, after

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and Vanja Vučićević. Returning to the field, Radonjić scored his first domestic league goal for Red Star Belgrade in the eternal derby match, played on 14 April 2018. Later, Radonjić scored four goals in five played matches until the end of season, including the last fixture match against

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, when he won the first trophy in the professional career. In May 2018, Radonjić was elected in the best 11 players for the

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season, by clubs captains' and managers' choice. On 25 July 2018, Radonjić scored a twice in the first leg of second qualifying round for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League campaign, after which he was also named as a

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in 3–0 victory over Sūduva. Scoring in extra time of the match against Spartak Trnava on 14 August 2018, Radonjić secured the group stage of the

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campaign and play-off qualifying round for the Champions League, against Red Bull Salzburg. On 29 August 2018, Red Star purchased the deal from Roma, keeping Radonjić until June 2021.

Marseille

On 30 August 2018, Radonjić signed with French side

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after helping qualify Red Star Belgrade for the group stage of the Champions League. He was assigned the number 7 jersey in his new club. The transfer fee was reported as €12 million plus 2 million in bonuses. Radonjić made his debut for the club in 4–0

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home victory over Guingamp on 16 September 2018, replacing Dimitri Payet in the 84th minute.

Loan to Hertha BSC

On 1 February 2021, Radonjić joined German side

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on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. While at Hertha BSC, Radonjić appeared in 12 games overall, scoring his first goal and getting his first assist in the same game against Freiburg. He played his last game for Hertha against

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before returning to France.

Loan to Benfica

He joined Benfica for the 2021-22 season on loan, he appeared in overall 11 games scoring one goal before returning back to France and being loaned out again, this time to Turin based club, Torino in Italy.

Loan to Torino

On 7 July 2022, Radonjić joined

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club

on loan from

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for the 2022–23 season. The deal included an option to make the move permanent for Torino.

International career

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As a member of Serbian under-17 level, Radonjić scored 5 goals on 6 matches between 2012 and 2013, including a

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in a match

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. Later, he had also been a member of the under-18 and under-19 national teams. Radonjić was called into the Serbia U20 national squad in November 2016 by coach

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, when made his debut for the team in a match against

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. As a coach of Serbia U21 selection,

also invited him to the squad for the

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. In November 2017, Radonjić was invited to

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for an Asia tour by caretaker

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. He made his debut for Serbia in a friendly draw to

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on 14 November 2017, replacing

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in 81 minute of the match. In June 2018, Serbia manager

included Radonjić in the final 23-man squad for the

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. There he appeared on two matches, against

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and

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. Serbia was knocked out in the group stage, having only won against

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. In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the

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held in Qatar. He played in all three group stage matches, against

, losing 2-0

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, drawing 3-3 and

losing 3-2. Serbia finished fourth in the group.

Career statistics

Club

¹Includes

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, Coupe de France and Taça de Portugal.

²Includes

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and

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³Includes

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and

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⁴Includes Trophée des Champions.

International

:''Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Red Star Belgrade * Serbian SuperLiga: 2017–18

Individual

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season The Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season is an annual award given to a set of 11 footballers in the top tier of Serbian football, the SuperLiga, who are seen to be the best 11 players of the calendar season. Winners 2008–09 Source 2009–10 ...

: 2017–18

References

External links

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