Nemanja Petrović

Nemanja Petrović

Personal information
Full name	Nemanja Petrović
Date of birth	17 April 1992
Place of birth	Valjevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left-back Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Maccabi Netanya (on loan from Partizan)
Youth career
	Krušik Valjevo
2008–2010	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–2013	Teleoptik	75	(5)
2013–	Partizan	34	(1)
2016–	→ Maccabi Netanya (loan)	9	(0)
National team^‡
2013–2015	Serbia U21[1]	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2015

Nemanja Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Петровић; born 17 April 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Israel club Maccabi Netanya on loan from Partizan, as a left-back.

Club career

Partizan

2013–14 season

On 11 July 2013, Petrović signed a four-year contract with Partizan.^[2] His squad number was confirmed as 5, replacing Žarko Tomašević who moved to Kortrijk soon before Nemanja Petrović arrival. He was first in the protocol for Partizan in a Second qualifying round for UEFA Champions League against Armenian club Shirak on 17 July 2013.^[3] He made his debut for the club in a UEFA Europa League qualifier against Swiss club Thun on 22 August 2013.^[4] Petrović scored his first official goal for Partizan on 20 October 2013 against Jagodina.^[5]

During the spring part of the season, Petrovic has played only one match, against Javor Matis and three times has be on the bench.^[6] In the 2014–15 season, Petrovic has played a total of 12 appearances for Partizan, scored one goal and enrolled one assist.

2014–15 season

Petrović made his first appearance of the 2014–15 season on 15 July against HB Torshavn in Second qualifying round for UEFA Champions League.^[7] He also played 2 matches in Play-off of 2014–15 UEFA Europa League against Neftchi.^[8][9] On 28 August 2014, Petrović and his team enters the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, after of victory over the Azerbaijanian club Neftchi.^[10] On 18 September 2014 Partizan has played against Tottenham Hotspur, in 54 minutes into the game Vladimir Volkov complained of a violation and Petrovic entered the game and enrolled his first appearance in the group stage of a some European competition.^[11] He is in all other matches in the Europa League been on the bench except in the last game in the group stage where Petrović played against Greek club Asteras Tripolis.^[12] Petrović is played against Asteras at right back all 90 minutes.

International career

Petrović made his debut for the Serbian national under-21 team under manager Radovan Ćurčić in 2013. He was a member of the team at the 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship.

Honours

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2014–15

Notes and references

1. Only official UEFA matches included
2. "Nadiru mlade snage iz Zemunela" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
3. "Volkov strikes late to snatch draw for Partizan". uefa.com. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
4. "Thun - Partizan". uefa.com. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
5. "Jagodina – Partizan 0:3 (0:1)" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
6. "Javor - Partizan (kraj)" (in Serbian). sportske.net. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
7. "Odličan – tri!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
8. "Partizan – Neftçi 3:2 (2:2)" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
9. "Ko ume da se raduje – ima čemu da se raduje" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
10. "Partizan opet u Ligi Evrope!" (in Serbian). b92.net. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
11. "Evropski Partizan!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
12. "Partizan and Asteras depart with draw". uefa.com. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

External links

• UEFA profile