Nenad Jestrović

Nenad Jestrović
Nenad Jestrović
Personal information
Full name Nenad Jestrović
Date of birth May 9, 1976 (1976-05-09) (age 35)
Place of birth Obrenovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994-1997 OFK Beograd 58 (23)
1997-1998 SC Bastia 19 (2)
1998-2000 FC Metz 44 (8)
2000-2001 Excelsior Mouscron 25 (20)
2001-2005 RSC Anderlecht 81 (55)
2006-2007 Al Ain FC 17 (16)
2007 Al-Nasr Sports Club 23 (15)
2007-2008 Red Star Belgrade 20 (13)
2008 Kocaelispor 8 (3)
2009 FC Metz 9 (1)
National team
2003-2005 Serbia and Montenegro 12 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 5, 2009.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 5, 2009

Nenad Jestrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Јестровић; born 9 May 1976 in Obrenovac) is a retired Serbian football forward, last playing for FC Metz.

Career

He was Belgian First Division top scorer in the season 2004-05 with 18 goals, many of which were scored from free kicks and penalties. While at Anderlecht Jestrović has been injured several times. He was excluded from a UEFA Champions League game by Kim Milton Nielsen for racist remarks against Mohamed Sissoko (in November 2005) and was subsequently fined by his club Anderlecht.

In January 2006, he joined Al Ain FC from United Arab Emirates, where he scored the UAE league's 10,000th goal in his first match.

In July 2008, he joined Turkish side Kocaelispor on a free transfer. He went back to his former club FC Metz in January 2009.

He also played for the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.

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