Nemanja Vidić vs Teddy Sheringham: Stats Compared
Centre-Back, Serbia (born 1981, retired 2016) · Striker, England (born 1966, retired 2008)
Put Nemanja Vidić and Teddy Sheringham side by side and you have a genuine generational conversation. Reputations harden into legacies, and few careers cast longer shadows than these two. Across his senior career Nemanja Vidić notched 29 goals in 518 appearances (0.06 per game), while Teddy Sheringham recorded 320 in 900 (0.36 per game). Assists were not reliably tracked for much of their careers, which makes the playmaking comparison an imperfect one; where records exist, Nemanja Vidić is credited with 0 and Teddy Sheringham with 130. In major honours Nemanja Vidić collected 8 — headlined by 5× Premier League (2007–2013) — whereas Teddy Sheringham amassed 4, led by 1× UEFA Champions League (1999). Their legacies diverge in texture: Nemanja Vidić is remembered as resolute, Teddy Sheringham as ruthless. Their routes to the top were distinct: Nemanja Vidić built his reputation across Red Star Belgrade, Spartak Moscow, Manchester United, Inter, peaking around 2009, while Teddy Sheringham reached his defining level around 1999 after spells with Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, West Ham United, Colchester United. Few pairings invite such entrenched disagreement, and fewer still deserve it this much.
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Player profiles
Nemanja Vidić is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Widely considered as one of the greatest defenders of all time, Vidić is best known for his time at Manchester United, where he won 15 trophies and served as club captain. He is one of only five players to win the Premier League Player of the Season award twice, alongside Thierry Henry, Kevin De Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah.
“A fearless centre-back who dominated the air and treated every duel as a personal contest.”
A cerebral, late-developing striker, Sheringham scored the injury-time equaliser in Manchester United's 1999 Champions League final and remains the Premier League's oldest ever goalscorer.
“An intelligent, deep-dropping forward whose clever hold-up play and vision created space for quicker strike partners.”
Head-to-head stats
Career goals by season
Representative career seasons — goals per season for each player across their documented clubs.
Attribute radar
Attribute ratings are peak-era, 0–100. Different positions naturally skew the profile.
Attribute comparison
Trophy breakdown
- 5× Premier League (2007–2013)
- 1× UEFA Champions League (1999)
- 2× Premier League (1999, 2000)
- 1× FA Cup (1999)
Trophy distribution
Career milestones
- 2001 Established himself at Red Star Belgrade
- 2005 Reached his defining peak
- 2009 Delivered a landmark season
- 2016 Retired from professional football
- 1984 Professional debut for Millwall
- 1999 Won UEFA Champions League with Manchester United
- 1999 Won FA Cup with Manchester United
- 1999 Reached the peak of his powers at Manchester United
- 2008 Retired after a final spell at Colchester United
- Finished his career with 320 goals in 900 appearances and 4 major honours. Finished his career with 320 goals in 900 appearances and 4 major honours.
The verdict
Weighing production against honours, Nemanja Vidić takes the verdict — a clear margin, driven by a weightier trophy cabinet.
Nemanja Vidić edges it (a clear margin)
