Zoran Nižić

Zoran Nižić (Croatian pronunciation: [zǒran nǐːʒitɕ];[1][2] born 11 October 1989) is a Croatian football player who plays as defender, currently with FC Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Premier League.

Zoran Nižić
Nižić with Akhmat Grozny in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989
Place of birth Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Akhmat Grozny
Number 20
Youth career
–2008 Zmaj Makarska
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Zmaj Makarska 30 (2)
2009–2012 FC Brussels 84 (2)
2012–2018 Hajduk Split 102 (8)
2018– Akhmat Grozny 47 (0)
National team‡
2017– Croatia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018

Career

Nižić started his career at his hometown club HNK Zmaj Makarska, establishing himself early as a first team member at the Treća HNL Jug club. He secured himself a transfer abroad in 2009, aged just 19, to the Belgian Second Division side FC Brussels, where he would spend the next 3 seasons as a starter. After his contract ran out, Nižić returned to Croatia and trained for a few months with HNK Hajduk Split, before signing with them in late 2012.[3] He made his league debut for Hajduk on 16 February 2013, entering the game for the injured Matej Jonjić in a 2-0 away win against NK Slaven Belupo.[4]

In June 2018, Nižić was named in the Prva HNL team of the season for 2017-18.[5]

In August 2018, Nižić refused to play for Hajduk in both League and European matches, allegedly due to a fever; it was later revealed that Nižić refused to play for the squad due to frustrations towards the club management and its transfer policy towards him and the players. It was also revealed that he had a confrontation with a director of Hajduk, Saša Bjelanović, in the locker room, who eventually took away his role as a captain.[6] He was later transfer-listed by request.

On 27 August 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny.[7]

International career

In May 2018 he was named in Croatia’s preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia[8] but did not make the final 23.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 March 2019[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brussels 2009–10 Belgian Second Division 32000–320
2010–11 29200–292
2011–12 23000–230
Total 8420000842
Hajduk Split 2012–13 Croatian First Football League 6010–70
2013–14 1203000150
2014–15 1605030240
2015–16 1622071253
2016–17 2820051333
2017–18 2334160334
2018–19 11–1021
Total 102815122213911
Akhmat Grozny 2018–19 Russian Premier League 1010–20
Career total 1871016122222513

References
  1. "zòra". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Zòran
  2. "njȅžan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Nížić
  3. Alfirević, Slaven (1 December 2012). "Mišo Krstičević: Mi radimo i treniramo svaku da pobijedimo; Zoran Nižić potpisao". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  4. "Kuban nudi 3,5 milijuna za Maloču!; Hajduk pobjednički u Koprivnici, puni Poljud čeka Dinama!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. https://www.24sata.hr/sport/najbolji-hrvatski-igrac-je-luka-modric-a-hnl-a-hilal-soudani-577492
  6. "ZORAN NIŽIĆ PREKINUO ŠUTNJU 'Bjelanović se iživljavao na meni, unio mi se u lice, izvrijeđao me i osramotio ispred cijele svlačionice'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  7. "Нижич и Харин перешли в «Ахмат»" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 27 August 2018.
  8. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  9. "Head coach Dalić presents 24-man Croatia squad". hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. Zoran Nižić at Soccerway

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