Stefan Nikolić (footballer, born 1994)

Not to be confused with Stefan Nikolić (footballer, born 1990).

Stefan Nikolić
Personal information
Full name Stefan Nikolić
Date of birth (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Red Star Belgrade
0000–2013 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Mladost Podgorica 2 (0)
2014–2015 Vojvodina 3 (0)
2015–2017 OFK Bačka 56 (0)
2018–2020 Krupa 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 August 2020

Stefan Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Николић; born 14 March 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

Career

Mladost Podgorica

Nikolić is a product of the Red Star Belgrade and Vojvodina academy. Although he played successfully for the youth team's first eleven on the right-back position, Nikolić failed to secure a first team contract. He signed his first professional contract with Montenegrin side Mladost Podgorica. However, he was released after only 6 months at the club, appearing in only two league matches.

Vojvodina

In a bizarre twist of events, Nikolić was invited to a trial at Vojvodina, due to the club's new policy to focus on youth players from its own academy. He secured a two-year deal at his old club. He made his debut for Vojvodina on 13 April 2014, under manager Branko Babić, in a 1–0 home loss against Rad.[1] While at Vojvodina, Nikolić won the 2013–14 Serbian Cup. He was released from the club at the end of the 2014–15 season.

OFK Bačka

In early July 2015, Nikolić signed with OFK Bačka on a free transfer.[2] He left Bačka in late 2017.

Krupa

In March 2018, Nikolić signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Krupa. He was part of the Krupa team that played in the 2017–18 Bosnian Cup final against Željezničar, losing both final matches.[3] Nikolić got relegated with Krupa back to the First League of RS in the 2018–19 season, but got promoted back to the Bosnian Premier League in the next season, though after the season was ended abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after which, by default, Krupa were crowned league champions and got promoted.[4] He terminated his contract with the club on 19 December 2020.[5]

Honours

Vojvodina

Krupa

References

  1. ^ "VOJVODINA-RAD 0 : 1". fkvojvodina.rs (in Serbian). 13 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Visoke ambicije Bačke". sportin.biz (in Serbian). 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. ^ N.K. (9 May 2018). "Željezničar nakon šest godina osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). klix.ba. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ A. Pašić (8 May 2020). "FSRS prekinuo sva takmičenja" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. ^ M. Šljivak (19 December 2020). "Krupa raskinula ugovore sa petoricom fudbalera" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 19 December 2020.