Nemanja Arsenijević (; born 6 January 1986) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

After an impressive debut season with the Sloboda Užice in the

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, Arsenijević was transferred to

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

in the summer of 2004. He spent four years at the club, including loan spells to

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Borac Čačak Borac may refer to: * FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club ** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club * FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čač ...

, and Mladost Lučani. In the summer of 2008, Arsenijević went abroad and spent one season with the Hungarian club Honvéd. In the summer of 2017, Arsenijević decided to retire from professional football due to heart problems, aged 31.

International career

Arsenijević represented

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at the

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, scoring one goal in the tournament, as the team lost in the semi-finals to

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Managerial career

In 2022, he served as a coach for the Slavia FC academy program in

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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 The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

Honours

;Honvéd *

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: 2008–09

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arsenijevic, Nemanja 1986 births Living people Footballers from Užice Serbian emigrants to Canada Men's association football forwards Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers GFK Sloboda Užice players OFK Beograd players FK Srem players FK Borac Čačak players FK Mladost Lučani players Budapest Honvéd FC II players Budapest Honvéd FC players FK Sevojno players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Hapoel Acre F.C. players FK Novi Pazar players FK Jagodina players FK Rad players A.E. Sparta P.A.E. players FK Radnik Surdulica players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Super League Greece players Israeli Premier League players Football League (Greece) players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Israel