Nenad Veselji

Nenad Veselji

Personal information
Full name	Nenad Veselji
Date of birth	3 February 1971 (1971-02-03) (age 40)
Place of birth	SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1994	OFK Beograd	61	(19)
1994–1997	Floriana	40	(6)
1997–2001	Valletta	77	(36)
2000–2001	Birkirkara	2	(0)
2001–2004	Sliema Wanderers	47	(14)
2003–2004	→ Valletta (loan)	11	(5)
National team‡
1999–2000	Malta	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 February 2010

Nenad Veselji (born 3 February 1971) is a retired Yugoslav born Maltese international footballer.

Playing career

Nenad started his career while still in Yugoslavia playing for OFK Beograd. In 1994 he came to Malta and started playing for Floriana FC where he played for three seasons. In 1997 he moved to Valletta FC. He spent his best years of his career playing for Valletta, where he stayed until January 2001, when he moved for a short spell with Birkirkara FC. In 2001 he moved to Sliema Wanderers where he played until January 2004, before rejoining Valletta FC and after half a season, he ended his playing career. Having represented the best Maltese clubs in the period, Nenad played an impressive 177 matches in the Maltese Premier League, having scored 60 goals in ten seasons he played.

International career

Nenad has also represented the Malta national football team a total of seven times between the years 1999 and 2000.

Honours

• Floriana FC
  • 2 times winner of Super 5 Cup: 1994-95 and 1995-96
• Valletta FC
  • 3 times Champion of Maltese Premier League: 1997-98, 1998-99 and 2000-01
  • 2 times winner of Maltese Cup: 1998-99 and 2000-01
  • 3 times winner of Maltese Super Cup: 1997-97, 1998-99 and 2000-01
  • 1 time winner of Löwenbräu Cup: 1997-98
  • 1 time winner of Super 5 Cup: 1999-00
  • 1 time winner of Centenary Cup: 2000
• Sliema Wanderers
  • 2 times Champion of Maltese Premier League: 2002-03 and 2003-04
  • 1 time winner of Löwenbräu Cup: 2002
  • 1 time winner of Super 5 Cup: 2001-02

References

External sources

• Nenad Veselji at National-football-teams.com.
• Nenad Veselji at Playerhistory.
• Career story and photos at Valletta FC official site.

Persondata
Name	Veselji, Nenad
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	3 February 1971
Place of birth	SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death