Nemanja Maksimović

Nemanja Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Максимовић, pronounced [němaɲa maksǐːmoʋitɕ]; born 26 January 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League club Panathinaikos and the Serbia national team.

Nemanja Maksimović

Maksimović with Getafe in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Nemanja Maksimović[1]
Date of birth	(1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Banja Koviljača, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Panathinaikos
Number	20
Youth career
	Gučevo Banja Koviljača
2002–2007	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)
2017–2018	Valencia	15	(0)
2018–2024	Getafe	207	(9)
2024–	Panathinaikos	26	(3)
International career‡
2013–2014	Serbia U19	16	(3)
2015	Serbia U20	7	(2)
2015–2017	Serbia U21	9	(0)
2016–	Serbia	55	(1)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Serbia FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 New Zealand Team UEFA U-19 Championship 2013 Lithuania Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2025

Club career

Early career

Born in Banja Koviljača, Maksimović played for Red Star Belgrade's youth selection teams up until the under-19 level, but eventually had his contract terminated. After his display at the 2013 UEFA U19 Championship, he signed with Slovenian side Domžale. He made his professional debut on 18 October 2013 in a 2–2 draw with Zavrč.^[3]

Astana

On 7 February 2015, Maksimović signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Astana of the Kazakhstan Premier League.^[4] On 27 August 2015, Maksimović scored the equalizing goal against APOEL in the second leg of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-offs, which qualified Astana to their first ever Champions League group stage campaign.^[5]

Valencia

On 2 July 2017, Valencia announced the signing of Maksimović on a contract until 2022.^[6] He made his debut for the club on 18 August, coming on as a late substitute for Carlos Soler in a 1–0 La Liga home win against Las Palmas.^[7]

Getafe

On 16 July 2018, Maksimović signed with Getafe until 2024.^[8]

International career

Maksimović played for the Serbia U19 team that won the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.^[9] 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.^[10] Maksimović made his debut for Serbia on 23 March 2016, in a 1–0 defeat to Poland.^[11] In May 2018 he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but he wasn't selected for the final squad.^[12]

In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.^[13] He played in all three group stage matches, against Brazil,^[14] Cameroon,^[15] and Switzerland.^[16] Serbia finished fourth in the group.^[17]

Maksimović was selected in Serbia's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024, but didn't make any appearances in the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2025^[18]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Domžale	2013–14	1. SNL	11	0	0	0	0	0	—		11	0
	2014–15		16	3	3	1	—		—		19	4
	Total		27	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	30	4
Astana	2015	Premier League	23	6	3	0	11[a]	1	1[b]	0	38	7
	2016		31	3	1	0	10[c]	2	1[b]	0	43	5
	2017		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		54	9	4	0	21	3	2	0	81	12
Valencia	2017–18	La Liga	15	0	6	1	—		—		21	1
Getafe	2018–19	La Liga	36	1	4	0	—		—		40	1
	2019–20		35	2	1	0	7[d]	0	—		43	2
	2020–21		35	1	0	0	—		—		35	1
	2021–22		35	1	0	0	—		—		35	1
	2022–23		29	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
	2023–24		37	4	3	0	—		—		40	4
	Total		207	9	8	0	7	0	0	0	222	9
Panathinaikos	2024–25	Super League Greece	26	3	4	0	15[e]	1	—		45	4
Career total			329	24	25	2	43	4	2	0	399	30

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance in Kazakhstan Super Cup
3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 23 March 2025^[19]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia	2016	3	0
	2017	1	0
	2018	7	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	7	0
	2021	11	0
	2022	6	0
	2023	5	0
	2024	5	0
	2025	2	1
Total		55	1

Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maksimović goal.^[19]

List of international goals scored by Nemanja Maksimović

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 March 2025	Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	55	Austria	1–0	2–0	2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs

Honours

Astana^[20]

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2015, 2016
• Kazakhstan Cup: 2016
• Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2015

Serbia^[20]

• UEFA European U-19 Championship: 2013
• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2015

Orders

• Medal of Merit (Republika Srpska)^[21]