Nikola Damjanac

Nikola Damjanac (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Дамјанац; born 21 October 1971) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Nikola Damjanac
Personal information
Full name Nikola Damjanac
Date of birth (1971-10-21) 21 October 1971
Place of birth Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Velež Mostar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Partizan 40 (0)
1993–1994 → OFK Beograd (loan) 30 (0)
1997–1998 Roda JC 10 (0)
1998–2000 Partizan 36 (0)
2000–2001 Antalyaspor 6 (0)
2001 Fluminense 2 (0)
2002 OFK Beograd 7 (0)
2002 Saturn Ramenskoye 2 (0)
2004–2005 OFK Beograd 18 (0)
Total 151 (0)
National team
1991 Yugoslavia U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club career

After starting out at his hometown club Velež Mostar, Damjanac joined Partizan. He was loaned to OFK Beograd in the 1993–94 season, before returning to Stadion JNA. In the summer of 1997, Damjanac moved to the Netherlands and signed with Roda JC. He subsequently returned to Partizan in 1998. In the summer of 2000, Damjanac again moved abroad and joined Turkish side Antalyaspor. He left Turkey after one season and moved to Brazilian club Fluminense, alongside Miodrag Anđelković. Consequently, Damjanac briefly returned to OFK Beograd, before moving to Russian club Saturn Ramenskoye in the summer of 2002. He again returned to OFK Beograd in the 2004–05 season.

International career

In 1991, Damjanac made one appearance for the Yugoslavia U21s during the 1992 UEFA Under-21 Championship.[1]

Post-playing career

After retiring as a player in 2005, Damjanac became a sports agent, being a co-owner of Lian Sports, alongside Fali Ramadani.[2]

Personal life

His son is footballer Aleksa Damjanac.[3]

Honours
Partizan

References
  1. Nikola Damjanac at 11v11.com
  2. "On je ipak posebna priča" (in Serbian). mozzartsport.com. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. Mozzart Sport (2016-11-24). "Novi Srbin u Majorci, igra štopera i ima 18 godina" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-02-09.
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