Igor Nenezić (born 23 March 1984) is a Slovenian professional

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who plays as a

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, and works as a goalkeeper coach, for

NK Dekani Nogometni klub Jadran Dekani, commonly referred to as Jadran Dekani or simply Dekani, is a Slovenian football club from Dekani which plays in the Slovenian Second League, the second tier of Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1938. Ho ...

Club career

Nenezić was born in Kranj and played football with

NK Triglav Kranj Nogometni klub Triglav Kranj ( en, Triglav Kranj Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Triglav Kranj or simply Triglav, is a Slovenian football club from Kranj. The team competes in the Slovenian Second League, the second highest league in S ...

before starting his professional career with

NK Primorje Nogometni klub Primorje ( en, Primorje Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Primorje or simply Primorje, was a Slovenian football club which played in the town of Ajdovščina. After Slovenia's independence in 1991, Primorje spent a total ...

. After spending five years with Triglav Kranj and five years with Primorje, Nenezić transferred to

FC Koper Football Club Koper, commonly referred to as FC Koper or simply Koper, is a Slovenian football club based in Koper that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top flight of Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1920. Koper is one of five ...

. Nenezić moved abroad for the first time in his career in 2014 to play for Iranian club

Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club ( fa, باشگاه ورزشی راه‌آهن, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, is an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They currently play in the Azadegan Lea ...

. On 11 January 2017, he returned to FC Koper.

International career

Nenezić played for youth selections of Slovenian national football team, and was also called up several times for the senior team by

Matjaž Kek Matjaž Kek (born 9 September 1961) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Slovenia national team. Playing career Kek started his career at his home club NK Maribor, before moving to another Ma ...

, during Slovenia's

EURO 2008 The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European ...

qualifying campaign as a replacement goalkeeper, but failed to make an appearance.

Coaching and later career

In the summer 2022, Nenezić was appointed goalkeeper coach of

. In February 2023, 38-year old Nenezić was registered as a player for the team, beside his coaching duties. Among other things, he sat on the bench in a match against

NK Rogaška Nogometni klub Rogaška ( en, Rogaška Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Rogaška or simply Rogaška, is a Slovenian football club which plays in the town of Rogaška Slatina. As of the 2022–23 season, they competes in the Slovenian ...

on April 15, 2023.

Honours

Club

;Koper *

Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...

: 2009–10 * Slovenian Supercup:

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References

External links

PrvaLiga profile
* * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Kranj Slovenian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers NK Triglav Kranj players NK Primorje players MNK Izola players FC Koper players Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub