Nenad Jestrović
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nenad Jestrović | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Obrenovac, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Radnički Obrenovac | 44 | (31) |
| 1994–1997 | OFK Beograd | 34 | (18) |
| 1997–1998 | SC Bastia | 19 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | Metz | 44 | (8) |
| 2000–2001 | Mouscron | 25 | (20) |
| 2001–2005 | Anderlecht | 80 | (55) |
| 2006–2007 | Al Ain | 23 | (8) |
| 2007 | Al Nasr | 28 | (10) |
| 2007–2008 | Red Star Belgrade | 22 | (13) |
| 2008 | Kocaelispor | 8 | (3) |
| 2009 | Metz | 9 | (1) |
| Total | 336 | (169) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2005 | Serbia and Montenegro | 12 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Nenad Jestrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Јестровић; born 9 May 1976) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Jestrović started his playing career with Radnički Obrenovac in the early 1990s. He then played for OFK Beograd in the First League of FR Yugoslavia, before moving abroad for the first time in the summer of 1997. Jestrović spent three years in France, representing SC Bastia (1997–1998) and Metz (1998–2000). He then moved to Belgian club Mouscron, having a lot of success in the 2000–01 season.
Jestrović spent the best years of his career at Anderlecht (2001–2005), becoming the Belgian First Division top scorer in the 2004–05 season. He made a total of 80 league appearances and scored 55 goals, before leaving the Brussels club in January 2006. Jestrović then spent a year and a half in the United Arab Emirates, playing for Al Ain and Al Nasr.
Jestrović also became the Serbian SuperLiga top scorer in the 2007–08 season while playing for Red Star Belgrade. He split his last season between Turkish club Kocaelispor (2008) and his former club Metz (2009), before retiring in the summer of 2009.
International career
At international level, Jestrović represented Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2005, making 12 appearances and scoring five goals.