Albert Nađ

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Albert Nađ
Personal information
Full name	Albert Nađ
Date of birth	October 29, 1974 (1974-10-29) (age 35)
Place of birth	Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder (retired)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1996 1996–1998 1998–1999 1999–2002 2001 2002–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009	Partizan Real Betis → Real Oviedo (loan) Real Oviedo → Elche (loan) Partizan Rostov Čukarički	11100(8) 05600(1) 02700(1) 04300(0) 01600(1) 09200(5) 00700(0) 03300(1)
National team
1994–2006	Serbia and Montenegro	04500(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 24, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Albert Nađ (Serbian Cyrillic: Алберт Нађ, Hungarian: Nagy Albert) (born October 29, 1974 in Zemun, Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian footballer of Hungarian ethnicity.

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He played 45 games for the Serbia and Montenegro national football team and scored 3 goals. He was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro national football team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and was also in the squad for the UEFA Euro 2000. He has also played in Spain for Real Betis and Real Oviedo. In English, his surname is spelled Nadj (the way it is pronounced).

The experienced Albert Nađ is a player with a "lion's heart" attribute, as the Serbian football press likes to call it. His "never give up" mentality is nevertheless a realistic picture of his skills and qualities, what made him a regular in Partizan's team, since he re-joined the "crno-beli" in 2002. Nađ was one of the best players at the Partizan Stadium. The 31-year-old was first spotted in 1992, when he played 25 games in his first season with Partizan. Until 1996 he became one of the most reliable and steady players and a move abroad was the most logical next step in his career. At Real Betis, Nađ made 56 appearances during his two years at the Lopera stadium, before he was signed by Real Oviedo. The first two seasons in Oviedo, Nađ played 43 league games, but in 2000 he was transferred to the bench. Before returning to Serbia, he nevertheless had a pretty good “farewell season” at Oviedo, playing 24 games as a first team regular. Overall, Nađ made 192 league appearances with Partizan and scored 11 goals.

On August 9, 2007, Nađ and Russian side Rostov agreed to a contract that tied the 32-year-old player to the club until the end of the Russian Premier League season in December 2007.^[1] At the time of Nađ's signing the club was already in a bad position with slim chances of avoiding relegation.

Rostov got relegated at the end of the Russian league and Nađ went back to his country Serbia where he signed with Čukarički in mid-January 2008.^[2]

On May 30, 2009 he played his last professional match in the last round of the 2008–09 Serbian Superliga season, and of course, it was against Partizan. Nađ continued to be a fan-favorite of the Grobari even when he was on the opposing side as they cheered Albert is the only captain throughout the course of the match. Albert responded by lifting his Čukarički jersey to show he was wearing a Partizan jersey underneath.

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[edit] External links

• Albert Nađ at reprezentacija.rs

v • d • e Yugoslavia squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Korać • 2 Dudić • 3 Đorović • 4 Jokanović • 5 Đukić • 6 D. Stanković • 7 Jugović • 8 Mijatović • 9 Milošević • 10 Stojković • 11 Mihajlović • 12 Cicović • 13 Komljenović • 14 Saveljić • 15 Bunjevčević • 16 Govedarica • 17 Drulović • 18 Kovačević • 19 J. Stanković  • 20 Kežman • 21 Nađ • 22 Kralj • Coach: Boškov

v • d • e Serbia and Montenegro squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Jevrić • 2 Ergić • 3 Dragutinović • 4 Duljaj • 5 Vidić • 6 Gavrančić • 7 Koroman • 8 Kežman • 9 Milošević • 10 Stanković • 11 P. Đorđević • 12 Kovačević • 13 Basta • 14 N. Đorđević • 15 Dudić • 16 D. Petković • 17 Nađ • 18 Vukić • 19 Žigić • 20 Krstajić • 21 Ljuboja • 22 Ilić • 23 Stojković • Coach: I. Petković