Nikola Katić

Nikola Katić
Personal information
Full name Nikola Katić
Date of birth (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996
Place of birth Ljubuški, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2014 HNK Stolac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Neretvanac Opuzen 36 (1)
2016–2018 Slaven Belupo 64 (1)
2018– Rangers 5 (0)
National team
2017 Croatia U21 2 (0)
2017– Croatia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2018

Nikola Katić (Croatian pronunciation: [nǐkola kǎːtitɕ, - kâː-];[1][2] born 10 October 1996) is a Croatian footballer, who plays for Scottish Premiership club Rangers as a defender.[3] He has played once for the Croatia national team, in 2017.

Club career

Early career

Katić started his football career in 2001 at HNK Stolac in his native Stolac,[4] before moving on to NK Neretvanac in Opuzen, Croatia. He was soon moved to the club's senior team and started featuring in Treća HNL Jug.[5] A year later, he went on a trial with HNK Hajduk Split's reserve team, but did not sign.[6] A year later, however, he moved to top-tier NK Slaven Belupo.[7] Initially mostly featuring for the youth team, Katić broke into the club's first squad in the 2016–17 season.

Rangers

In June 2018, Katić left Slaven to join Scottish Premiership club Rangers on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed transfer fee.[8]

International career

Katic represented Croatia at under-21 level, playing against Austria and Slovenia in 2017.[9] Katic was called up to the senior Croatia team in May 2017, and he made his full international debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Mexico.

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Croatia 201710
Total10

References

  1. ↑ "Nìkola". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Nìkola
  2. ↑ "Katarína". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Kátić (Kȃtić)
  3. ↑ "Nikola Katic (Belupo) - Player Profile - FlashScore.com".
  4. ↑ Nikola Katić at the NK Slaven Belupo official page
  5. ↑ Hajduk B probe i prinove at NogometPlus.net
  6. ↑ Hajduk B probe i prinove at NogometPlus.net
  7. ↑ Nikola Katić potpisao za Slaven Belupo at NK Slaven Belupo official page
  8. ↑ "Nikola Katic: Rangers sign Croatian defender on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "NIKOLA KATIĆ". Croatia FA. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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