Nenad Kovačević

Nenad Kovačević

Kovačević with Lens in December 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-11-11) 11 November 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Bubamara Kraljevo[1]
	Sloga Kraljevo[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Sloga Kraljevo	2	(0)
1997–1998	Jedinstvo Ub	17	(0)
1998–1999	Big Bull Bačinci	8	(2)
1999–2000	Borac Čačak	17	(0)
2000–2002	Budućnost Banatski Dvor	41	(1)
2002–2006	Red Star Belgrade	85	(1)
2006–2011	Lens	128	(0)
2011	Red Star Belgrade	12	(0)
2011–2013	Baku	20	(0)
2013	UTA Arad	5	(0)
2013–2015	Nîmes	50	(1)
2015	Zemun	5	(0)
Total		390	(5)
International career
2003–2008	Serbia[note 1]	25	(0)
Managerial career
2017	Podunavac Belegiš
2017–2018	Sopot
2019	OFK Vršac
2019–2020	Radnički Sremska Mitrovica
2021–2022	OFK Kikinda
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nenad Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Ковачевић; born 11 November 1980) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Kovačević captained Red Star Belgrade and joined French top-tier outfit Lens in 2006.^[2]

International career

On the national level, Kovačević played 8 times for the Serbia and Montenegro team between 2003 and 2005 and another 17 for Serbia, totaling 25 caps (no goals).^[3] His final international was a May 2008 friendly match against Russia.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Red Star	2002–03	SuperLiga	28	0	?	?	4	0	-	-	32	0
	2003–04		7	0	?	?	1	0	-	-	8	0
	2004–05		22	0	?	?	2	0	-	-	24	0
	2005–06		25	1	?	?	6	0	-	-	31	1
	2006–07		3	0	?	?	4	0	-	-	7	0
	Total		85	1			17	0			102	1
Lens	2006–07	Ligue 1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
	2007–08		34	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	40	0
	2008–09	Ligue 2	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23	0
	2009–10	Ligue 1	26	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	30	0
	2010–11		16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
	Total		128	0	4	0	6	0	4	0	142	1
Red Star	2011–12	SuperLiga	12	0	2	0	4	0	-	-	18	0
Baku	2011–12	Premier League	9	0	4	0	0	0	-	-	13	0
	2012–13		11	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	13	0
	Total		20	0	4	0	2	0	-	-	26	0
UTA Arad	2012–13	Liga II	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	5	0
Nîmes	2013–14	Ligue 2	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	37	1
	2014–15		15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	Total		50	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	52	1
Zemun	2015–16	First League	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	5	0
Career total			305	2	10	0	29	0	6	0	350	2

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia	2003	5	0
	2004	0	0
	2005	3	0
	2006	5	0
	2007	9	0
	2008	4	0
	Total	26	0

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

• First League of Serbia and Montenegro: 2003–04, 2005–06
• Serbia and Montenegro Cup: 2003–04, 2005–06

Lens

• Ligue 2: 2008–09

Notes

1. Including 8 caps for Serbia and Montenegro

References

1. "Ковачевић: Док крадем јабуке, а баба ме јури, ја са дрвета скачем на улицу и не сломим ништа". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "Lens come in for Kovačević". UEFA. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
3. "Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
4. "Nenad Kovačević, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
5. Nenad Kovačević at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)

External links

• Nenad Kovačević at Soccerway.com
• Nenad Kovačević at WorldFootball.net
• Nenad Kovačević at National-Football-Teams.com
• Nenad Kovačević at kicker (in German)
• Nenad Kovačević at FBref.com
• Nenad Kovačević at Utakmica.rs at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 December 2011)