Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1988)

Nemanja Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Николић, pronounced [němaɲa nǐkolitɕ]; born 1 January 1988) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Not to be confused with Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1987); Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1992); or Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 2001).

Nemanja Nikolić
Nikolić with Montenegro in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988
Place of birth Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Red Star Belgrade 25 (0)
2006–2007 → Zlatibor Voda (loan) 26 (2)
2007–2008 → Grbalj (loan) 26 (1)
2010–2011 → Spartak Subotica (loan) 22 (3)
2011–2013 OFK Beograd 54 (5)
2013–2015 Dinamo Minsk 53 (4)
2015 BATE Borisov 10 (1)
2016 Hapoel Tel Aviv 17 (3)
2017 Voždovac 14 (2)
2017–2018 Hapoel Ra'anana 34 (0)
2019 Minsk 9 (0)
2019–2020 Voždovac 25 (7)
2020–2021 Tuzla City 14 (0)
National team
2008–2011 Montenegro U21 11 (1)
2009–2016 Montenegro 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2020

Club career

Born in Titograd, present day Podgorica,[1] Nikolić began playing in the youth teams of Red Star Belgrade. His debut as a senior happened in 2006 when he played on loan with Zlatibor Voda in the Serbian League Vojvodina.[2] In the following season, he moved to Montenegro where he represented Grbalj in the Montenegrin First League.

In the summer of 2008, Nikolić returned and joined the first team of Red Star Belgrade, making his debut in the 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga season. After playing two seasons with Red Star, in the summer of 2010, he was sent a loan to another SuperLiga side, Spartak Subotica. At the end of the season, he left Red Star and joined OFK Beograd.[3]

After OFK Beograd, Nikolić played in the Belarusian Premier League with Dinamo Minsk and BATE Borisov and later on Minsk.[3] He also played for Israeli Premier League clubs Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Ra'anana and Serbian SuperLiga club Voždovac on two occasions.[3]

On 30 July 2020, Nikolić signed a two-year contract with Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City.[4] He made his official debut for the club in a league game against Olimpik on 23 August 2020.[5] Nikolić left Tuzla City in January 2021, after terminating his contract with the club.[6]

International career

Nikolić represented the Montenegrin U21 national team,[7] before debuting for the senior team in 2009. He made his senior debut for Montenegro in an August 2009 friendly match against Wales and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals.[8] His final international was an October 2016 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Kazakhstan.[9]

Honours

Red Star Belgrade[3]

BATE Borisov[3]

References
  1. Nemanja Nikolić at OFK Beograd official website
  2. Nemanja Nikolić at Srbijafudbal
  3. "N. Nikolić: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. A. Čaušević (30 July 2020). "Radan dan u Tuzla Cityju: Ozvaničeno još jedno i do sada najzvučnije pojačanje!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. E. Čaušević (23 August 2020). "Barišić povisio prednost Tuzla Cityja protiv Olimpika" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. E. Škorić (16 January 2021). "Nastavljeni brojni odlasci iz FK Tuzla City" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  7. Nemanja Nikolić at FSCG.co.me
  8. "Montenegro - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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