Nikola Žakula

Nikola Žakula (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Жакула; born 18 August 1992) is a Serbian footballer, who plays for OFK Bačka.

Nikola Žakula
Personal information
Full name Nikola Žakula
Date of birth (1992-08-18) 18 August 1992
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 OFK Bačka
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Železničar Beograd
2012–2013 Jedinstvo Stara Pazova 28 (7)
2013–2014 Novi Sad 28 (2)
2014 Dunav Stari Banovci 14 (3)
2015–2016 ČSK Čelarevo 46 (6)
2017–2018 Radnik Surdulica 35 (2)
2018–2019 Mačva Šabac 2 (0)
2019– OFK Bačka 28 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:30, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Žakula started his career with football club Železničar Beograd, where he played between 2010 and 2011. Later he played for a period with Jedinstvo Stara Pazova in the Vojvodina League West and Serbian League Vojvodina. Next he also in the same league rank played as a member of RFK Novi Sad, Dunav Stari Banovci and ČSK Čelarevo. Scoring 5 goals on 15 league matches, Žakula helped ČSK to win the first place and make promotion to the 2015–16 Serbian First League.[1] At the beginning of 2017, Žakula signed a three-year contract with the Serbian SuperLiga side Radnik Surdulica, along with teammate Mladen Vukasović.[2] In the first friendly match for new club, Žakula score two goals against Radnički Pirot.[3]

Career statistics

Club
As of 12 June 2018[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jedinstvo Stara Pazova 2012–13 League Vojvodina 287———287
Novi Sad 2013–14 282———282
Dunav Stari Banovci 2014–15 143———143
ČSK Čelarevo 2014–15 155———155
2015–16 First League 1702[lower-alpha 1]0—1[lower-alpha 2]0190
2016–17 14110——151
Total 46630—10506
Radnik Surdulica 2016–17[7] SuperLiga 90———90
2017–18[8] 26210——272
Total 35210——362
Career total 1512040—1015620
  1. Including preliminary round match against Mačva Šabac[5]
  2. Including final round of the FA Vojvodina cup against Dolina Padina[6]

Honours
ČSK Čelarevo

References
  1. "Zakula, Nikola". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. "Вукасовић и Жакула из ЧСК-а прешли у Радник из Сурдулице". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. "Жакула двоструки стрелац: Радник – Раднички (П) 4: 0". vranjske.co.rs (in Serbian). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. Nikola Žakula at Soccerway
  5. "Ђокић "Зове" Звезду у варош". Sport, detail from printed edition (in Serbian). 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. "ЧСК одбранио пехар". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  7. "Žakula, Nikola 2016–17 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  8. "Žakula, Nikola 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  9. "Успех по рецепту Драгана Ивановића". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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