Personal information | |||||||||
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Full name | Nemanja Maksimović | ||||||||
Date of birth | 26 January 1995 | ||||||||
Place of birth | Banja Koviljača, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||
Club information | |||||||||
Current team
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Valencia | ||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||
Gučevo Banja Koviljača | |||||||||
–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– | Valencia | 0 | (0) | ||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||
2013–2014 | Serbia U19 | 16 | (3) | ||||||
2014–2015 | Serbia U20 | 11 | (4) | ||||||
2015–2017 | Serbia U21 | 11 | (0) | ||||||
2016– | Serbia | 3 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2017 |
Nemanja Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Максимовић; born 26 January 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Valencia CF and the Serbian national team.
Born in Banja Koviljača, Maksimović played for Red Star Belgrade's youth selections up to U19, but had his contract terminated. After his exceptional displays at the 2013 UEFA U19 Championship, he signed with Slovenian side Domžale. He made his professional debut on 18 October 2013 at the age of 18 in a 2–2 draw with Zavrč.
On 7 February 2015, Maksimović signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with FC Astana of the Kazakhstan Premier League.
On 2 July 2017, Valencia announced the signing of Maksimović on a contract until 2022.
Maksimović played for the Serbia U19 team that won the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. 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. Maksimović made his debut for Serbia on 23 March 2016, in a 1–0 defeat to Poland.