Nenad Đorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Ђорђевић; born 7 August 1979) is a Serbian professional
football
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coach and former player who played as a
defender. He is the assistant coach of
Al Wasl in the
UAE Pro League. At international level, Đorđević represented
Serbia and Montenegro
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at the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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.
Club career
Đorđević made his senior debut at
Jedinstvo Paraćin, before joining
Obilić in the 1999–2000 campaign. He spent four seasons with the ''Vitezovi'', making a total of 97 league appearances. In July 2003, Đorđević was transferred to
Partizan, penning a four-year deal. He immediately established himself as a first team regular under manager
Lothar Matthäus
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, helping Partizan reach the group stage of the
2003–04 UEFA Champions League
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. In the following 2004–05 season, Đorđević won his first national championship title, as well as helped his team advance to the
UEFA Cup round of 32. He made a total of 85 league appearances, before leaving the club in the 2007 winter transfer window.
In February 2007, Đorđević signed for Japanese club
JEF United Chiba
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History
Furukawa Electric SC (19 ...
, penning a two-year contract. He made 13 league appearances and scored three goals in the
2007 season.
After just one year abroad, Đorđević returned to
Partizan, penning a two-and-a-half-year contract on 29 January 2008. He played great after his return, especially in the first six months, when his goals directly decided the winner in a few games, thus being one of the most deserving for Partizan's title in the
2007–08 season, the club's first after three years. In the summer of 2008, after the departure of
Stevan Jovetić to
Fiorentina
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, Đorđević became the team's captain.
On 8 April 2010, Đorđević signed a two-year contract with Russian club
Krylia Sovetov. He scored on his debut two days later in a league match against
Saturn Ramenskoye, which his team won 2–1. On 22 February 2012, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
On 27 February 2012, Đorđević signed a four-year contract for Swedish club
Kalmar FF
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. He signed with
IFK Berga ahead of the 2016 season.
International career
Đorđević was capped 17 times for the
Serbia and Montenegro national team, scoring one goal. He was also a member of the team at the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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, where he played his final international against
Ivory Coast
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.
Coaching career
On 18 November 2015 Đorđević announced, that he from the 2016 season would function as a playing assistant manager for
IFK Berga. He announced his retirement from playing at the end of the season. In 2017, Đorđević was hired as a youth coach by local club Kalmar Södra IF.
On 18 November 2017, Đorđević returned to his former club
Kalmar FF
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as a youth coach. He worked as the manager of the club's U16's, U17's and U19's, before leaving at the end of 2020.
On 6 September 2021, Đorđević was hired as an assistant coach by
Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, under head coach
Miloš Milojević. He left the position at the end of the year when Milojević was sacked. On 2 February 2022, it was announced that Đorđević would become the head coach of the club's feeder team
Hammarby TFF, eventually leading the side to finish 6th in the domestic third tier
Ettan. In early 2023, Đorđević returned to the role as an assistant coach in Hammarby's senior squad, working with
Martí Cifuentes.
He left Hammarby on 15 June 2023, becoming the assistant coach to his former colleague Miloš Milojević at
Al Wasl in the
UAE Pro League.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Partizan
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Serbian SuperLiga
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:
2004–05,
2007–08,
2008–09
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Serbian Cup
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:
2007–08,
2008–09
Individual
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Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season:
2008–09
Notes
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
People from Paraćin
Footballers from Pomoravlje District
Men's association football defenders
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers
Serbian men's footballers
2006 FIFA World Cup players
FK Jedinstvo Paraćin players
FK Obilić players
FK Partizan players
JEF United Chiba players
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
Kalmar FF players
IFK Berga players
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Serbian SuperLiga players
J1 League players
Russian Premier League players
Allsvenskan players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff
21st-century Serbian sportsmen