Milan Đurđević

Milan Đurđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Ђурђевић; born 4 November 1967) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Nicknamed Kempes, due to his resemblance to the famous Argentine footballer, Đurđević is best remembered for his stints with Partizan and PAOK.

Club career

After starting out at OFK Beograd in the mid-1980s, Đurđević was transferred to Partizan in the late summer of 1989. He spent two seasons at the Stadion JNA, before moving abroad and signing with the Greek side PAOK in the summer of 1991. Subsequently, Đurđević stayed there for the next two years, scoring 17 league goals in 45 appearances. He also briefly played for Panachaiki, but failed to help them avoid relegation from the top flight of Greek football in the 1993–94 campaign. Afterward, Đurđević spent one season with Spanish club Mallorca, receiving limited playing time. He then shortly played for Portuguese club Leça and French club Perpignan, before returning to Greece. Finally, Đurđević spent half a season at both PAS Giannina and Kastoria, before retiring from the game.

International career

Đurđević made one appearance for the Yugoslavia national under-18 team in March 1986, a 3–1 win over Spain, in which Davor Šuker scored a hat-trick.

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Post-playing

In January 2012, forty-four-year-old Đurđević got arrested in Thessaloniki, Greece and charged with extortion, racketeering, and loan-sharking as part, and allegedly one of the leaders, of an organized criminal group operating in the country.