Darko Nikač

Darko Nikač (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Никач; born 15 May 1990) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a forward for Kosovan side Gjilani. He debuted for Montenegro's national team in 2013.

Darko Nikač
Nikač with Montenegro in a friendly versus Iran in 2014
Personal information
Full name Darko Nikač
Date of birth (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990
Place of birth Titograd, Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Gjilani
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Budućnost 101 (15)
2009–2010 → Mladost Podgorica (loan)
2014–2015 Grbalj 11 (6)
2015 Pune F.C 16 (5)
2015–2016 Budućnost 16 (10)
2016–2017 MTK Budapest 18 (2)
2017–2018 Budućnost 46 (12)
2018 Navbahor Namangan 11 (2)
2019 Iskra Danilovgrad 17 (12)
2019–2020 Teuta Durrës 17 (1)
2020– Gjilani 8 (2)
National team
2013 Montenegro U21 4 (1)
2013–2014 Montenegro 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Budućnost

Nikač made his professional debut with Budućnost in the 2009–10 season. In the summer of 2013, he was in negotiations for a transfer to FC Wil 1900.[1] In February 2014, Strømsgodset IF negotiated with Budućnost over Nikač,[2] but Nikač remained at Budućnost.

Pune

Nikač signed for Indian I-League side Pune for the 2014-15 I-League.[3] He scored his first goal for the club, in a 9th-minute strike against Bengaluru FC.[4] He then scored against Shillong Lajong in a 5-2 Win. By the end of the season, Nikač scored five goals in 16 games for Pune.[5]

Return to Budućnost

On June 26, 2015, it was announced that Nikač returned to Budućnost after one season in India.[5] According to Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, Nikač's new contract with Budućnost might be as short as six months, but the details were not disclosed as of June 2015.[5]

International career

He received his first full international cap on 17 November 2013, coming on in the 78th minute in a friendly against Luxembourg.[6][7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 30 May 2015
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Budućnost Podgorica 2009–10[8] Montenegrin First League 101———101
2010–11[8] Montenegrin First League 21120—1[lower-alpha 1]0—241
2011–12[8] Montenegrin First League 17400—1[lower-alpha 1]0—184
2012–13[8] Montenegrin First League 26552—1[lower-alpha 2]0—327
2013–14[8] Montenegrin First League 27400———274
Total 1011572—30—11117
Grbalj 2014–15[8] Montenegrin First League 11620———136
Pune 2014–15[8] I-League 16500———165
Career total 128269200300014028
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References
  1. Reprezentacija.me: Nikač blizu Vila (in Serbian) 21 June 2013
  2. Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Mitrović, Danilo. Vijesti: Nikač blizu Norveške (in Serbian) 13 February 2014
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Bengaluru FC vs Pune FC". Goal. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. Danilo Mitrović (26 June 2015). "Nikač se vratio, blizu potpisa je i Golubović" (in Serbian).
  6. LUXEMBOURG VS. MONTENEGRO 1 - 4, Soccerway
  7. Player's profile, eu-football.info
  8. "D. Nikač". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

External sources
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