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Nemanja Gudelj
Gudelj with AZ in 2014
Personal information
Full name Nemanja Gudelj
Date of birth (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 27
Youth career
1998–2001 BSV Boeimeer
2001–2010 NAC Breda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 NAC Breda 79 (8)
2013–2015 AZ 61 (16)
2015– Ajax 40 (6)
International career‡
2010–2012 Serbia U21 15 (2)
2014– Serbia 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2016

Nemanja "Neno" Gudelj (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Гудељ; born 16 November 1991) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Eredivisie club AFC Ajax and the Serbian national team. He is the son of former NAC player Nebojša Gudelj and the older brother of Dragiša Gudelj. He holds both the Serbian and the Dutch citizenship.

Club career

NAC Breda

He signed his first professional contract with NAC Breda in July 2009 but failed to make an official appearance in his debut season despite being named on the bench several times.[1]

AZ

In the summer of 2013 Gudelj transferred to AZ Alkmaar for a fee of around €3 million, sold by his father who was manager at NAC, signing a 4-year contract.[2]

He received interest from Portuguese club Porto.[3]

Ajax

On 6 May 2015, it was announced that Gudelj will join AFC Ajax starting from the 2015–16 season. Along with him, his younger brother Dragiša will move to Ajax youth team and his father Nebojša will become a scout for the club focusing primarily on scouting players from the Balkans and Serbia.[4]

International career

After being capped at the U19 and U21 levels, Gudelj earned his first cap for Serbia on 5 March 2014, in a 2–1 away win over Ireland in a friendly match after coming on as a last minute substitute for Antonio Rukavina.[5] In 2014, Gudelj played for the national team a further four times, playing against Jamaica twice, Panama and Brazil.

In July 2014 his former coach at AZ, Dick Advocaat, was named as Serbia's national team manager for the Euro 2016 campaign.[6] He scored his first goal on 18 November 2014 in a 2–0 away friendly win against Greece.

Career statistics

Club

As of October 2016[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
NAC Breda 2009–10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010–11 29 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 33 2
2011–12 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
2012–13 34 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 37 5
Total 79 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 87 8
AZ 2013–14 29 5 5 0 14 1 4 1 52 7
2014–15 32 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 36 12
Total 61 16 9 1 14 1 4 1 88 19
Ajax 2015–16 34 4 2 0 10 1 0 0 46 5
2016–17 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 2
Total 40 6 2 0 12 1 0 0 55 7
Career total 180 30 19 1 24 2 4 1 230 34

International statistics

Serbian national team
Year Apps Goals
2014 9 1
2015 2 0
2016 3 0
Total 14 1

International goals

Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first.[8]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 November 2014 Perivolia Municipal Stadium, Chania, Greece  Greece 2–0 2–0 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "NAC geeft jeugdspeler Nemanja Gudelj contract" (in Dutch). bndestem.nl. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Voetbal International - Gewilde Gudelj verlaat NAC Breda voor contract bij AZ". Voetbal International.
  3. ^ "Gudelj niet naar FC Porto". rtvnh.nl.
  4. ^ "Ajax sign Serbian brothers and give dad a job in package deal". Channel NewsAsia.
  5. ^ "Ireland vs. Serbia 1:2". flashscore.com. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  6. ^ "BBC Sport - Serbia appoint Dick Advocaat as coach for Euro 2016 qualifiers". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "Serbia - N.Gudelj - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  8. ^ "N. Gudelj". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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