Nenad Jestrovic
Encyclopedia
Nenad Jestrović is a retired Serbia
n football
forward
, last playing for FC Metz
.
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.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
, last playing for FC Metz
FC Metz
Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as simply Metz , is a French association football club based in Metz. The club was formed in 1932 and has spent most of its history in the Ligue 1, though they currently play in Ligue 2, the second level in French football league system. Metz plays its...
.
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 LeagueUEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
game by Kim Milton Nielsen for racist remarks against Mohamed Sissoko (in November 2005) and was subsequently fined by his club Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...
.
In January 2006, he joined Al Ain FC
Al Ain FC
Al-Ain Sports and Cultural Club is a professional association football and mult-sports club based in the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. The football section of Al Ain won the 2003 AFC Champions League competition with a 2-1 aggregate victory over BEC Tero Sasana of Thailand.Al Ain...
from United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
, 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
FC Metz
Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as simply Metz , is a French association football club based in Metz. The club was formed in 1932 and has spent most of its history in the Ligue 1, though they currently play in Ligue 2, the second level in French football league system. Metz plays its...
in January 2009.
He also played for the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.
External links
- Nenad Jestrović at reprezentacija.rs