Nenad Bjeković (, ; born 5 November 1947) is a

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administrator and former player and manager.

Club career

Born in Lazarevo, a village near

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, Bjeković started out at his local club Zadrugar Lazarevo, before switching to Proleter Zrenjanin. He stayed there for four years, making his

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debut in the 1967–68 season. In 1969, Bjeković was transferred to Partizan. He spent seven seasons with the ''Crno-beli'', netting 82 league goals in 198 appearances. In the 1975–76 season, Bjeković was the Yugoslav First League top scorer with 24 goals, helping Partizan win its seventh championship title. In 1976, Bjeković moved abroad to France and signed with

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and netted four goals. He scored on his debut for the national team in a friendly match against

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on 19 December 1968. His last cap came on 24 February 1976 in a 2–1 away friendly win over

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in Algiers.

Post-playing career

After hanging up his boots, Bjeković started his managerial career as an assistant to Miloš Milutinović at Partizan in 1982. He would replace Milutinović as manager at the start of the 1984–85 season. At the helm of Partizan, Bjeković won back-to-back championship titles in 1986 and

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. In 1987, Bjeković was appointed as manager of his former club

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of Partizan for almost two decades. He resigned from the position in May 2007. On 17 April 2018, Bjeković was elected as vice-president of the Serbian Football Association.

Personal life

Bjeković is the father of fellow footballer Nenad Bjeković.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Yugoslavia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bjeković goal''

Honours

Player

Proleter Zrenjanin *

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 ...

: 1966–67 Partizan *

: 1975–76 Individual *

Top Scorer: 1975–76

Manager

Partizan *

: 1985–86, 1986–87

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjekovic, Nenad 1947 births Living people Footballers from Zrenjanin Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers FK Proleter Zrenjanin players FK Partizan players OGC Nice players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Ligue 1 players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Yugoslav football managers FK Partizan managers OGC Nice managers Ligue 1 managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in France FK Partizan non-playing staff Serbian sports executives and administrators