Nenad Đorđević

Nenad Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Ђорђевић; born 7 August 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently the manager of Kalmar FF's U-17 squad.

Nenad Đorđević

Đorđević with Krylia Sovetov in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Nenad Đorđević
Date of birth	(1979-08-07) 7 August 1979
Place of birth	Paraćin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Kalmar FF U-17 (Manager)
Youth career
	Zemun
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Jedinstvo Paraćin	18	(3)
1999–2003	Obilić	97	(3)
2003–2007	Partizan	85	(7)
2007	JEF United Chiba	13	(3)
2008–2010	Partizan	50	(7)
2010–2012	Krylia Sovetov	53	(5)
2012–2015	Kalmar FF	48	(2)
2016	IFK Berga	14	(3)
Total		378	(33)
National team
2001	FR Yugoslavia U21[lower-alpha 1]	6	(0)
2002–2006	Serbia and Montenegro	17	(1)
Teams managed
2016	IFK Berga (player-assistant)
2017	Kalmar Södra IF U-15
2018	Kalmar FF U-16
2019–	Kalmar FF U-17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

At international level, Đorđević represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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.[1] He immediately established himself as a first team regular under manager Lothar Matthäus, helping Partizan reach the group stage of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. 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, penning a two-year contract.[2] 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.[3] 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, Đorđević became the team's captain.

On 8 April 2010, Đorđević signed a two-year contract with Russian club Krylia Sovetov.[4] He scored on his debut two days later in a league match against Saturn Ramenskoye, which his team won 2–1.[5] On 22 February 2012, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[6]

On 27 February 2012, Đorđević signed a four-year contract for Swedish club Kalmar FF.[7] He signed with IFK Berga ahead of the 2016 season.

International career

Đorđević was capped 17 times for the national team of Serbia and Montenegro, scoring one goal. He was also a member of the team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

On 18 November 2015 Đorđević announced, that he from the 2016 season would function as a playing assistant manager for IFK Berga.[8] He announced his retirement after the season ended.

From 2017, Đorđević was hired as the U-15 coach at Kalmar Södra IF.[9] In May 2017, he was actually also registered as a player for Kalmar Södra.[10]

Đorđević continued his coaching career at Kalmar FF. The club announced on 18 November 2018, that Đorđević would be in charge of the U-16 squad and be responsible for the youth development.[11] On 7 January 2019 the club announced, that the current U-17 manager, Torbjörn Arvidsson, had been promoted to the technical staff of the first team, and Đorđević was therefore going to be the U-17 manager.[12]

Statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Obilić	1999–00	14	0			—		14	0
	2000–01	23	0	3	0	2	0	28	0
	2001–02	27	0	2	0	4	0	33	0
	2002–03	33	3	3	2	2	0	38	5
	Total	97	3	8	2	8	0	113	5
Partizan	2003–04	25	2	3	1	9	0	37	3
	2004–05	27	2	3	0	12	0	42	2
	2005–06	20	1	2	0	4	0	26	1
	2006–07	13	2	0	0	8	0	21	2
	Total	85	7	8	1	33	0	126	8
JEF United Chiba	2007	13	3			—		13	3
	Total	13	3			0	0	13	3
Partizan	2007–08	14	6	3	0	0	0	17	6
	2008–09	22	1	4	1	8	0	34	2
	2009–10	14	0	2	0	11	2	27	2
	Total	50	7	9	1	19	2	78	10
Krylia Sovetov	2010	24	3	0	0	0	0	24	3
	2011–12	29	2	1	0	—		30	2
	Total	53	5	1	0	0	0	54	5
Kalmar FF	2012	17	0	1	0	6	1	24	1
	2013	7	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
	2014	16	1	1	0	—		17	1
	2015	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	Total	48	2	3	0	6	1	57	3
IFK Berga	2016	14	3			—		14	3
	Total	14	3			0	0	14	3
Career total		360	30	29	4	66	3	455	37

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
SCG	2002	2	0
	2003	6	0
	2004	3	0
	2005	3	1
	2006	3	0
Total		17	1

Honours

Club

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Serbian Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09

Individual

• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2008–09

Notes

1. Only official UEFA matches included

References

1. "POTPISAO DJORDJEVIĆ!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 2 July 2003. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
2. "Nenad Đorđević u Džef junajtedu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
3. "I Đorđević potpisao!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
4. "Крылья" заявили защитника Ненада Джорджевича (in Russian). kc-camapa.ru. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
5. Гол дебютанта Джорджевича принес "Крыльям" первую победу (in Russian). kc-camapa.ru. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
6. Ненад Джорджевич покинул "Крылья" (in Russian). kc-camapa.ru. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
7. "Nenad Djordjevic klar för Kalmar FF" (in Swedish). kalmarff.se. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
8. Djordjevic om sin nya roll: ”Ödmjuk inför uppgiften”, 24nybro.se, 18 November 2015
9. Kalmar Södra storsatsar på sina ungdomar, 24kalmar.se, 4 December 2016
10. Djordjevic kliver in i Kalmar Södra, berometern.se, 12 May 2017
11. Nenad Djordjevic klar för Kalmar FF!, kalmarff.se, 18 November 2018
12. Torbjörn Arvidsson flyttas upp till A-truppen, kalmarff.se, 7 January 2019

External links

• Nenad Djordjević – UEFA competition record
• Nenad Đorđević at WorldFootball.net
• Nenad Djordjevic at FootballDatabase.eu
• Nenad Đorđević at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Nenad Djordjevic at SvFF (in Swedish)
• Nenad Đorđević at J.League (in Japanese)
• Djordjevic Nenad at RFPL at Archive.today (archived 2015-03-02)