Nikola Aksentijević

Nikola Aksentijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Аксентијевић; born 9 March 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Radnički Niš.

Nikola Aksentijević
Personal information
Full name Nikola Aksentijević
Date of birth (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993
Place of birth Kragujevac, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Napredak Kruševac
Number 13
Youth career
Radnički Kragujevac
2006–2010 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Partizan 17 (1)
2011 → Teleoptik (loan) 10 (0)
2012–2014 Vitesse 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Partizan (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 OFK Beograd 15 (0)
2015–2016 Mouscron-Péruwelz 19 (1)
2016–2017 Vojvodina 0 (0)
2017–2018 Radnički Niš 35 (1)
2019–2020 Napredak Kruševac 25 (0)
2020– Radnički Niš 18 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Serbia U17[lower-alpha 1] 6 (0)
2011–2012 Serbia U19[lower-alpha 1] 6 (1)
2013 Serbia U21 5 (0)
2017– Serbia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 August 2020

Club career

Aksentijević started playing football with hometown club Radnički Kragujevac. He later joined the youth academy of Partizan in 2006. In October 2010, due to absence of numerous national team players, Aksentijević was one of five juniors who were invited to the first team for a rescheduled cup match against Mladost Apatin.[2] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in that match, on 6 October 2010, which Partizan won 6–0.[3]

In the 2011 winter transfer window, Aksentijević was loaned to Teleoptik. He made 10 league appearances until the end of the 2010–11 season. Originally a defensive midfielder, Aksentijević was converted into a right-back by Teleoptik manager Vuk Rašović during this period.[4]

On 6 July 2011, Aksentijević signed his first professional contract with Partizan, on a five-year deal.[5] He scored a long-range goal on his league debut against Sloboda Užice on 21 August 2011. However, Partizan lost the match 2–1.[6]

On 31 August 2012, Aksentijević was officially transferred to Dutch side Vitesse.[7] He failed to make his competitive debut for the club, playing exclusively for Vitesse's U21 team during the 2012–13 season.

On 20 June 2013, Aksentijević returned to Partizan on a season-long loan.[8] He subsequently spent one season at OFK Beograd and one season at Mouscron-Péruwelz.

On 8 September 2016, Aksentijević was officially presented at Vojvodina.[9]

International career

Aksentijević represented Serbia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. He made his full international debut for Serbia on 14 November 2017, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Antonio Rukavina in a 1–1 friendly draw against South Korea in Ulsan.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 January 2019[1]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partizan 2010–11 00100010
Teleoptik (loan) 2010–11 10000—100
Partizan 2011–12 141202[lower-alpha 2]0181
2012–13 30005[lower-alpha 3]080
Vitesse 2012–13 00000000
Partizan (loan) 2013–14 40005[lower-alpha 4]090
OFK Beograd 2014–15 15010—160
Mouscron-Péruwelz 2015–16 19120—211
Vojvodina 2016–17 00000000
Radnički Niš 2017–18 31100—311
2018–19 40101[lower-alpha 5]060
Napredak 2019–20 25000—250
Radnički Niš 2020–21 18020—200
Career total 1433901301653
  1. Only official UEFA matches included
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International
As of 16 January 2019[1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 201710
Total10

Honours
Partizan

References
  1. Nikola Aksentijević at Soccerway
  2. "Crno-beli, pamet u glavu!" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  3. "Kup Srbije: Šestica crno-belih u Apatinu" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  4. "Sveža krv crno-bele familije" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  5. "Aksentijević potpisao profi ugovor sa Partizanom" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  6. "Aksentijević: Šta mi vredi onakav gol? VIDEO" (in Serbian). smedia.rs. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  7. "Toptalenten komen naar Arnhem: Aksentijevic en Kakuta" (in Dutch). vitesse.nl. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  8. "Aksentijević: Hvala Partizanu na novoj šansi" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  9. "AKSENTIJEVIĆ I GAVRIĆ: TU SMO DA OSTVARIMO AMBICIJE KLUBA" (in Serbian). fkvojvodina.rs. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  10. "Dmitrović odbranio remi" (in Serbian). politika.rs. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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