Mateja Kežman

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Personal information
Mateja Kežman
Full name	Mateja Kežman
Date of birth	April 12, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.82 cm
Nickname	Batman
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Fenerbahçe SK
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-present	Sartid FK Partizan PSV Eindhoven Chelsea F.C. Atlético de Madrid Fenerbahçe SK	17 (9) 60 (34) 122 (105) 25 (4) 30 (8) 11 (4)
National team²
2000-2006	FR Yugo. / Serb.-Mont.	49 (17)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 9, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 21, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Mateja Kežman (Serbian Cyrillic: Матеја Кежман) (born 12 April 1979 in Zemun, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian footballer, playing predominantly as a striker. He made his name at FK Partizan in his homeland and marked his international debut for FR Yugoslavia against China in May 2000 where he opened the scoring. Kežman currently plays for Turkish side Fenerbahçe holding the number 9 jersey.

[edit] Career

Kežman moved to Dutch side PSV Eindhoven later that year and was the top scorer in the Dutch Eredivisie, scoring 24 goals in 33 games. He also picked up a nickname of 'Batman' — the famous theme song was played at the Philips Stadion every time he scored, a play on his name also ending in '-man'. Kezman and Arjen Robben together became 'Batman and Robben', a play on 'Batman and Robin'. Kežman proceeded to score 81 goals over the following three seasons with PSV, before finally moving for £5 million to English side Chelsea in the summer of 2004.He also scored the winning goal in the Carling Cup final against Liverpool when Chelsea had won 3-2 after extra time.

Kežman led Serbia and Montenegro's scoring during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifications with 5 goals, including the only goal in the final game against Bosnia and Herzegovina which in turn allowed Serbia and Montenegro to qualify directly, having come first in their group. He has managed 16 goals in 45 caps for Serbia and Montenegro, as of December 2005.

He failed to make an impact with the London club, and only started 14 games for Chelsea, leaving for Atlético de Madrid after just one season. Despite his disappointing year, Chelsea made a transfer profit on the player. After a short spell in Madrid, He was transferred to Fenerbahçe SK who signed him to a three year contract in August 2006 for $11m.

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Preceded by Ruud van Nistelrooij	Dutch Eredivisie Topscorer 2000-2001	Succeeded by Pierre van Hooijdonk
Preceded by Pierre van Hooijdonk	Dutch Eredivisie Topscorer 2002-2004	Succeeded by Dirk Kuijt

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - Current Squad
1 Volkan \| 4 Appiah \| 5 Ümit \| 7 Mehmet \| 9 Kežman \| 10 Tuncay \| 11 Tümer \| 15 Aurélio \| 16 Kerim \| 17 Can \| 19 Önder \| 20 Alex \| 21 Selçuk \| 22 Serdar \| 23 Semih \| 24 Deniz \| 25 Uğur \| 27 Kemal \| 29 Olcan \| 30 Serkan \| 34 Rüştü \| 35 Lugano \| 36 Edu \| 46 Senyil \| 47 Umut \| 48 Osman \| 49 Alper \| 99 Deivid \| Manager Zico

	Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Jevrić \| 2 Ergić \| 3 Dragutinović \| 4 Duljaj \| 5 Vidić \| 6 Gavrančić \| 7 Koroman \| 8 Kežman \| 9 Milošević \| 10 Stanković \| 11 P. Đorđević \| 12 Kovačević \| 13 Basta \| 14 N. Đorđević \| 15 Dudić \| 16 D. Petković \| 17 Nađ \| 18 Vukić \| 19 Žigić \| 20 Krstajić \| 21 Ljuboja \| 22 Ilić \| 23 Stojković \| Coach: I. Petković