Nemanja Antonov
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Pančevo, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 MTK Budapest
Number 3
Youth career
AS Kačarevo
OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 OFK Beograd 41 (0)
2015–2018 Grasshoppers 50 (0)
2017–2018 → Partizan (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2020 Excel Mouscron 31 (3)
2020–2023 Újpest 87 (8)
2023– MTK Budapest 15 (3)
International career
2013–2014 Serbia U19[1] 6 (0)
2014–2015 Serbia U20 12 (0)
2015–2017 Serbia U21 15 (0)
Medal record
Gold medal – first place FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

Nemanja Antonov (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Антонов; born 6 May 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Hungarian club MTK Budapest as a left-back.

Club career

Born in Pančevo, Antonov originating from the local neighbourhood Kačarevo, where he grown up.[2] He started out at OFK Beograd, making his senior debuts in the 2012–13 season. He remained with the club for two more seasons, before transferring to Swiss club Grasshoppers in July 2015.[3]

On 30 August 2017, Antonov was transferred to Partizan on a season-long loan.[4]

On 25 September 2020, he joined Újpest in Hungary.[5]

On 3 June 2023, it was announced that from the upcoming 2023-24 season, Antonov will join newly promoted OTP Bank Liga club MTK Budapest.[6]

International career

Antonov represented Serbia at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by Portugal. He was also a member of the team that won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Subsequently, Antonov was a member of the team at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Statistics

As of end of 2021–22 season[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OFK Beograd 2012–13 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2013–14 16 0 3 0 — — 19 0
2014–15 24 0 2 0 — — 26 0
Total 41 0 5 0 — — 46 0
Grasshoppers 2015–16 21 0 2 0 — — 23 0
2016–17 28 0 2 0 2 0 — 32 0
2017–18 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 50 0 4 0 2 0 — 56 0
Partizan (loan) 2017–18 11 0 3 1 0 0 — 14 1
Mouscron 2018–19 3 1 0 0 — 9[a] 0 12 1
2019–20 17 2 1 0 — 0 0 18 2
2020–21 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
Total 22 3 1 0 0 0 9 0 32 3
Újpest 2020–21 27 4 7 0 — — 34 4
2021–22 32 1 5 0 4 0 — 41 1
Total 59 5 12 0 4 0 — 75 5
Career total 183 8 25 1 6 0 9 0 223 9
  1. ^ Appearance in Europa League play-offs

Honours

Club

Partizan
Újpest

International

Serbia

References

  1. ^ Only official UEFA matches included
  2. ^ "Немања Антонов: Победимо ли Плзењ, водим све на Сланинијаду у Качарево!". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. ^ "NEMANJA ANTONOV ZUM GRASSHOPPER CLUB ZÜRICH" (in German). gcz.ch. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Nemanja Antonov novo pojačanje" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Tovább erősödik a védelem!" (in Hungarian). Újpest. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. ^ "ANTONOV IS AZ MTK BUDAPESTET VÁLASZTOTTA!" [ANTONOV TOO CHOOSE MTK BUDAPEST!] (in Hungarian). mtkbudapest.hu. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. ^ Nemanja Antonov at Soccerway

External links

MTK Budapest FC – current squad
Categories