Milan Đurđević (; born 4 November 1967) is a Serbian former professional

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who played as a

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. Nicknamed ''Kempes'', due to his physical resemblance to the famous Argentine footballer, Đurđević is best remembered for his stints with

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and PAOK.

Club career

Đurđević made his senior debut for

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in the second half of the 1985–86 season, as the club suffered relegation from the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

. He spent three more years with the ''Romantičari'', netting 24 goals in the

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. In August 1989, Đurđević was transferred to

. He spent two seasons at the

Stadion JNA The Partizan Stadium ( Serbian: Стадион Партизанa / ''Stadion Partizana'') is a football and track-and-field stadium in Autokomanda, Belgrade, Serbia. The home ground of FK Partizan, it was formerly known as JNA Stadium (Stadion ...

, making 59 appearances and scoring 19 goals across all competitions. In the summer of 1991, Đurđević moved abroad to Greece and signed with PAOK. He stayed there over the next two years, scoring 17 league goals in 45 appearances. After leaving PAOK, Đurđević briefly played for fellow Greek side Panachaiki in the 1993–94 campaign, but failed to help them avoid relegation from the top flight. In 1994, Đurđević went to Spain and spent one season with

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club

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, receiving limited playing time. He then shortly played for Portuguese club Leça and French club

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, before returning to his homeland. After a spell at

Železnik Železnik ( sr-cyr, Железник, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Železnik is located in the central part of the Čukarica municipality, southwest from downt ...

, Đurđević moved back to Greece, spending half a season with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

and another one with Kastoria, before retiring from the game.

International career

Đurđević made one appearance for the Yugoslavia national under-18 team on 27 March 1986, a 3–1 win over

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, in which Davor Šuker scored a

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Personal life

In January 2012, Đurđević got arrested in

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, as one of the leaders of an organized criminal group on charges of

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, loan-sharking, and

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. His daughter Electra plays for PAOK.Τρίτη χρονιά στον ΠΑΟΚ Morris για την Ηλέκτρα Τζούρτζεβιτς acpaok.gr
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