Nemanja Gudelj

Nemanja Gudelj

Gudelj with AZ in 2014
Personal information
Full name Nemanja Gudelj
Date of birth (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club 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)
National team
2010–2012 Serbia U21 15 (2)
2014– Serbia 16 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 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 November 2016[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NAC Breda 2009–10 0000000000
2010–11 292400000332
2011–12 161100000171
2012–13 345300000375
Total 798800000878
AZ 2013–14 2955014141527
2014–15 32114100003612
Total 611691141418819
Ajax 2015–16 3442010100465
2016–17 6200300092
Total 4062012100557
Career total 180301912424123034

International statistics

Serbian national team
YearAppsGoals
201491
201520
201650
Total161

International goals

Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first.[8]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1. 18 November 2014 Perivolia Municipal Stadium, Chania, Greece  Greece 2–0 2–0 Friendly

References

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