Mateja Kežman

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Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman
Personal information
Full name Mateja Kežman
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Atletico de Madrid
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 21, 2006

Mateja Kežman (Serbian Cyrillic: Маtеја Кежман), (born 12 April 1979 in Zemun, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian footballer, playing predominantly as a striker. He made his name at FK Partizan in his homeland and marked his international debut for FR Yugoslavia against China in May 2000 where he opened the scoring.

Kežman moved to Dutch side PSV Eindhoven later that year and was the top scorer in the Dutch Eredivisie, scoring 24 goals in 33 games. He also picked up a nickname of 'Batman' — the famous theme song was played at the Philips Stadion every time he scored. Kežman proceeded to score 81 goals over the following three seasons with PSV, before finally moving for £5 million to English side Chelsea in the summer of 2004.

He failed to make an impact with the London club, and only started 14 games for Chelsea, leaving for Atlético de Madrid after just one season. Despite his disappointing year, Chelsea made a transfer profit on the player.

Kežman led Serbia and Montenegro's scoring during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifications with 5 goals, including the only goal in the final game against Bosnia and Herzegovina which in turn allowed Serbia and Montenegro to qualify directly, having come first in their group. He has managed 16 goals in 45 caps for Serbia and Montenegro, as of December 2005.

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