Nebojša Gudelj (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Небојша Гудељ; born 23 September 1968) is a Serbian
football
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manager and former player.
Playing career
Born in
Trebinje
Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Gudelj started out at his hometown club
Leotar, collecting 87 appearances in the
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
between 1988 and 1991. He subsequently switched to
Partizan, winning four trophies with the ''Crno-beli'', including
the double in the 1993–94 season. Gudelj played 123 official matches for Partizan.
In the summer of 1994, Gudelj moved abroad and signed with Spanish club
Logroñés. He spent two seasons there, before joining fellow
Segunda División
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club
Leganés
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. In the summer of 1997, Gudelj moved to the Netherlands and signed with
NAC Breda
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. He spent the next eight seasons there, appearing in almost 300 official matches for the club. In the 2005–06 season, Gudelj played for
Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands.
Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...
, before retiring from the game.
Managerial career
Gudelj was manager of
NAC Breda
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from November 2012 to October 2014.
He became the manager of
Dalian Istar, a youth club, in 2018. In 2021, the club moved to Hubei and merged with
Hubei Istar, and he was appointed as the supervisor for first team and youth team.
Personal life
His two sons,
Nemanja and
Dragiša, are both
Serbia international footballers.
Honours
Partizan
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First League of FR Yugoslavia
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1992–93,
1993–94
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FR Yugoslavia Cup
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1991–92,
1993–94
NAC Breda
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Eerste Divisie
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1999–2000
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
Footballers from Trebinje
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
FK Leotar players
FK Partizan players
CD Logroñés footballers
CD Leganés players
NAC Breda players
Sparta Rotterdam players
Yugoslav First League players
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Eerste Divisie players
Eredivisie players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Serbian football managers
NAC Breda managers
Eredivisie managers