Nenad Erić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Ерић, ; born 26 May 1982) is a former

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who played as a

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. Born in Serbia, he represented Kazakhstan at international level.

Career

Club

On 2 March 2021,

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confirmed that Erić had left the club after 10 years, and that they had retired the #1 shirt.

International

Erić made his debut for

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

on 18 February 2015 in a 1–1 draw at home to

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. In February 2019, Erić revealed that he had retired from international duty at the end of Kazakhstan's involvement in the

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. His final international was a Nations League match against

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in November 2018.

Personal life

On 13 June 2014, Erić became a Kazakhstani citizen.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Astana *

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (, ''Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy''), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan Football (soccer), football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for club ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Kazakhstan Super Cup The Kazakhstan Super Cup (, ''Qazaqstan Sýperkýbogy'') is a one-match football (soccer), football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winner. If these two competitions ...

: 2011, 2015, 2018

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* 1982 births Living people Footballers from Požega, Serbia Kazakhstani people of Serbian descent Naturalized citizens of Kazakhstan Naturalised association football players Men's association football goalkeepers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Kazakhstani men's footballers Kazakhstan men's international footballers Serbian men's footballers FK Sloga Požega players FK Radnički 1923 players OFK Beograd players FK Mačva Šabac players FK Borac Čačak players FC Sibir Novosibirsk players FC Dynamo Barnaul players FC Kairat players FC Astana players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian SuperLiga players Russian First League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan {{Serbia-footy-goalkeeper-stub