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

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who plays as an winger for

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

Club career

Early years

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

. Next he spent several months with Gheorghe Hagi Academy 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

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. In the next fixture match, against

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, 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

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for 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, replacing

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in the 61st minute of the match against

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, played on 27 July 2017. Radonjić scored his first goal for the club in the second leg of the

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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 Rad 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

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. 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

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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

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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

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on 16 September 2018, replacing

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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

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. 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.

Torino

On 7 July 2022, Radonjić joined

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club

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on loan from

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for the 2022–23 season. The deal included an option to make the move permanent for Torino, which was exercised at the end of the season.

Loan to Mallorca

On 31 January 2024, Radonjić was loaned by

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in Spain.

Red Star Belgrade

On 3 September 2024 Radonjić signed a two-plus-one-year contract with

, marking his return to the club after six years.

International career

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As a member of Serbian under-17 level, Radonjić scored five goals on six 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, Nenad Lalatović also invited him to the squad for the

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. In November 2017, Radonjić was invited to Serbia senior national team for an Asia tour by caretaker

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. He debuted in a friendly draw to

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the same year on 14 November, replacing

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in 81 minute of the match. In June 2018, Serbia manager Mladen Krstajić included Radonjić in the final 23-man squad for the

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. He appeared on two matches, against

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and

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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 Switzerland losing 3–2. Serbia finished fourth in the group.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Radonjić goal.''

Honours

Red Star Belgrade *

: 2017–18 Individual *

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: 2017–18

References

External links

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