Nebojša Pejić

Nebojša Pejić (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Пејић, born 5 January 1988) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer playing with FK Rudar Prijedor in the Bosnian Premier League.

Nebojša Pejić
Personal information
Full name Nebojša Pejić
Date of birth (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988
Place of birth Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Springvale White Eagles
Number 5
Youth career
OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 BSK Borča 76 (0)
2011 Sloga Doboj
2012 Kozara Gradiška 13 (1)
2012–2016 Rudar Prijedor 65 (3)
2015 → Čelik (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2020 Springvale White Eagles 78 (8)
National team‡
2008–2010 Bosnia-Herzegovina U-17 3 (0)
2008–2010 Bosnia-Herzegovina U-21 6 (1)
2011 Bosnia-Herzegovina XI 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 May 2013

Career

Born in Zenica[1] (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), Nebojša Pejić begin playing in the youth team of OFK Beograd.[1] His senior career started in 2006 in a local club from the suburbs of Belgrade named FK BSK Borča. The club was playing in the Serbian First League until 2009 when it won promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. He made a total of 76 league appearances (29 of which in the SuperLiga) before leaving the club in summer 2011. He moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country he represented internationally, and joined FK Sloga Doboj, a club playing in the First League of Republika Srpska, a second Bosnian tier. However, by the end of 2011 he was making his debut for the Bosnian national team, and moving to a top level side FK Kozara Gradiška.[2]

First played for the Bosnian under-17 side,[3] and afterwards he represented Bosnian under-21 team[4] before appearing for an unofficial Bosnia and Herzegovina seleection[5] on 16 December 2011, in a friendly match against Poland.[6]

After moving to Australia, Pejić signed for Serbian-backed National Premier Leagues Victoria club Springvale White Eagles FC in January 2017 [7] where he also Coached his first year in Australia as U12's Head Coach for Springvale White Eagles FC, as well he undertook a position with Futbal First Academy based at Forest Hill College.[8]

Honours
BSK Borča

References
  1. Nebojša Pejić at FK Kozara official website
  2. Nebojša Pejić at Soccerway
  3. Nebojša Pejić at UEFA.com
  4. Nebojša Pejić at Srbijafudbal
  5. Nebojša Pejić at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. Match report at Soccerway
  7. Kulas, Damir. "One-time Bosnian international joins Springvale". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. https://www.facebook.com/futbalfirst/?ref=br_rs Coach at Futbal First Academy 2017

External sources
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