Đorđe Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Николић; born 13 April 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Sivasspor and the Serbia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sivasspor | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012[2] | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2012–2014[2] | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Jagodina | 19 | (0) |
| 2016–2022 | Basel | 11 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Thun (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Aarau (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Újpest | 29 | (0) |
| 2024– | Sivasspor | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Serbia U16[2] | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Serbia U17[2] | 10 | (0) |
| 2014 | Serbia U18[2] | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | Serbia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Serbia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Serbia U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Serbia | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:02, 7 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editJagodina
editAfter he left youth team of FK Partizan,[3] Nikolić signed a three-year contract with Jagodina in the winter break off-season 2014–15.[4] He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut for Jagodina in the first fixture of 2015–16 season.[5] Although he started season as a first choice, Nikolić injured during the season and missed the great part of season. He made total 19 matches for club and after Jagodina relegated from the Serbian SuperLiga, Nikolić got an offer from FC Basel.[6]
Basel
editNikolić signed four-year contract with FC Basel in June 2016.[7] He made his debut for the club in 26 fixture match of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season against FC St. Gallen, played on 1 April 2017.[8] Under trainer Urs Fischer Nikolić won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[9] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[10] In summer 2017, Nikolić moved on loan to the Swiss Challenge League side Schaffhausen, where he spent the rest of calendar year. Later, at the beginning of 2018, Nikolić moved to Thun on new loan, until summer 2019.[11]
Sivasspor
editOn 26 January 2024, Nikolić signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Sivasspor in Turkey.[12]
International career
editNikolić has been called in national team selections since 2012.[2] In November 2016, Nikolić started playing with Serbian under-20 level as a first choice goalkeeper,[13] until March 2017. After Boris Radunović's injury, coach Nenad Lalatović invited him to the squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[14]
He made his debut for Serbia national football team on 7 June 2021 in a friendly against Jamaica.[15]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 10 June 2018[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jagodina | 2014–15 | SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Basel | 2016–17 | Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Schaffhausen (loan) | 2016–17 | Challenge League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Thun (loan) | 2016–17 | Super League | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |||
International
edit- As of 7 June 2021
| Serbia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
editBasel
References
edit- ^ "Nikolic, Djordje". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Djordje Nikolic (Serbia U18 national team)". YouTube. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Омладинац добио спор с Партизаном, па потписао за Јагодину. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 27 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Dete Partizana potpisalo za Jagodinu". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 29 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "1.Kolo: Jagodina - Mladost". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 18 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ Голман Јагодине Ђорђе Николић у Базелу!. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Djordje Nikolic" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "FCB-Goalie Djordje Nikolic: kein Gegentor, dafür eine Bierdusche" (in German). badenertagblatt.ch. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Đorđe Nikolić at Soccerway
- ^ "Dorde Nikolic EMS Yapı Sivasspor'umuzda" [Dorde Nikolic is in our EMS Yapı Sivasspor] (in Turkish). Sivasspor. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Mlada reprezentacija poražena od Srbije". reprezentacija.me (in Serbian). 13 November 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "U21: Nikolić umesto Radunovića". Sport Klub (in Serbian). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Serbia v Jamaica game report". Eurosport. 7 June 2021.
External links
edit- Đorđe Nikolić stats at utakmica.rs (in Serbian)
- Đorđe Nikolić at WorldFootball.net
- Đorđe Nikolić at Soccerbase
- Đorđe Nikolić – UEFA competition record (archive)