Nemanja Maksimović

Nemanja Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Максимовић, pronounced [němaɲa maksǐːmoʋitɕ]; born 26 January 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Getafe and the Serbia national team.

Nemanja Maksimović
Maksimović with Getafe in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nemanja Maksimović[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995[2]
Place of birth Banja Koviljača,
FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Getafe
Number 20
Youth career
Gučevo Banja Koviljača
2002–2007 Omladinac Loznica
2007–2013 Red Star Belgrade
2013 Hellas Verona
2013 Domžale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Domžale 27 (3)
2015–2017 Astana 54 (9)
2017–2018 Valencia 15 (0)
2018– Getafe 180 (6)
International career‡
2013–2014 Serbia U19 16 (3)
2015 Serbia U20 7 (2)
2015–2017 Serbia U21 9 (0)
2016– Serbia 46 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Serbia
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Gold medal – first place2015 New ZealandTeam
UEFA U-19 Championship
Gold medal – first place2013 LithuaniaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:02, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Banja Koviljača, Maksimović played for Red Star Belgrade's youth selection teams up until the under-19 level, but eventually had his contract terminated. After his display at the 2013 UEFA U19 Championship, he signed with Slovenian side Domžale. He made his professional debut on 18 October 2013 in a 2–2 draw with Zavrč.[3]

Astana

On 7 February 2015, Maksimović signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Astana of the Kazakhstan Premier League.[4] On 27 August 2015, Maksimović scored the equalizing goal against APOEL in the second leg of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-offs, which qualified Astana to their first ever Champions League group stage campaign.[5]

Valencia

On 2 July 2017, Valencia announced the signing of Maksimović on a contract until 2022.[6] He made his debut for the club on 18 August, coming on as a late substitute for Carlos Soler in a 1–0 La Liga home win against Las Palmas.[7]

Getafe

On 16 July 2018, Maksimović signed with Getafe until 2024.[8]

International career

Maksimović played for the Serbia U19 team that won the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[9] He was named to Serbia's U20 squad for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand, scoring the winner with two minutes of extra-time remaining in the final, beating Brazil 2–1 for Serbia's first international honour as an independent nation.[10] Maksimović made his debut for Serbia on 23 March 2016, in a 1–0 defeat to Poland.[11] In May 2018 he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but he wasn't selected for the final squad.[12]

In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[13] He played in all three group stage matches, against Brazil,[14] Cameroon,[15] and Switzerland.[16] Serbia finished fourth in the group.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of 21 October 2023[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Domžale 2013–14 1. SNL 1100000—110
2014–15 16331——194
Total 273310000304
Astana 2015 Premier League 2363011[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]0387
2016 3131010[lower-alpha 3]21[lower-alpha 2]0435
2017 0000000000
Total 54940213208112
Valencia 2017–18 La Liga 15061——211
Getafe 2018–19 La Liga 36140——401
2019–20 352107[lower-alpha 4]0—432
2020–21 35100——351
2021–22 35100——351
2022–23 29000——290
2023–24 10100——101
Total 18065070001926
Career total 276181822832032423
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance(s) in Kazakhstan Super Cup
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, Seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 17 October 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 201630
201710
201870
201980
202070
2021110
202260
202330
Total460

Honours

Astana[20]

Serbia[20]

Orders

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Serbia (SRB)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 26. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Nemanja Maksimović" (in Spanish). Getafe CF. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. "Zavrč – Domžale 2:2 – Prva liga Telekom Slovenije". prvaliga.si (in Slovenian). 18 October 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. В ФК Астана - чемпион Европы-2013 (in Russian). FC Astana official website. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. Petar Lazić (13 May 2017). "Hotsport.rs: HOTSPORT INTERVJU – NEMANJA MAKSIMOVIĆ: San mi se nije ostvario da igram za voljeni klub, a sada ću igrati protiv Mesija i Ronalda" (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. "Maksimovic, new Valencia CF player until 2022". valenciacf.com. Valencia CF. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. "Este Valencia pinta bien" [This Valencia look good] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  8. "El Getafe se hace con Maksimovic" [Getafe signs Maksimovic] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  9. UEFA: Match Report - France 0-1 Serbia - 1 August 2013
  10. "Under-20 World Cup: Serbia beat Brazil in Auckland final". BBC Sport. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  11. Максимович дебютировал за Сербию. sports.kz (in Russian). Sports.KZ. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. Један тим, срцем свим – Младен Крстајић одабрао [One team, with all their hearts – Mladen Krstajić selects]. FSS.rs (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  13. "Head-coach Dragan Stojković announces the list of players for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar". Football Association of Serbia. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  14. Conti, Kristen (24 November 2022). "Richarlison Brings Brazil to Life in the Second Half, Defeats Serbia 2-0". NBCNew York. New York. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  15. Sky Sports (28 November 2022). "World Cup 2022 - Cameroon 3-3 Serbia: Vincent Aboubakar and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting goals complete stunning comeback". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  16. Ames, Nick (2 December 2022). "Switzerland advance and Serbia go out as Freuler finish settles stormy contest". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  17. Mendola, Nicholas (2 December 2022). "World Cup 2022 Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Cameroon, Switzerland schedule, fixtures, rankings". NBC Sports. Lusail. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  18. "N. Maksimović". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  19. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Nemanja Maksimović". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  20. "N. MAKSIMOVIĆ". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  21. "Dodik odlikovao zlatne "orliće" poreklom iz Republike Srpske" [Dodik decorated golden "eagles" from Republika Srpska] (in Serbian). sport.blic.rs. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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