Zoran Nižić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | 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 | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017– | Croatia | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2018[1] ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018 | |||
Zoran Nižić (Croatian pronunciation: [zǒran nǐːʒitɕ];[2][3] born 11 October 1989) is a Croatian football player who plays as defender, currently with FC Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Premier League.
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.[4] 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.[5]
In June 2018, Nižić was named in the Prva HNL team of the season for 2017-18.[6]
In August 2018, Nižić refused to play for Hajduk in both League and European matches, due to a fever, however it was 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 hooked up with the director of Hajduk, Saša Bjelanović in the locker room, who eventually took away his role as a captain.[7] 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.[8]
International career
In May 2018 he was named in Croatia’s preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia[9] but did not make the final 23. [10]
Career statistics
- As of 16 September 2018[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brussels | 2009–10 | Belgian Second Division | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2011–12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2 | ||
| Hajduk Split | 2012–13 | Croatian First Football League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 102 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 139 | 11 | ||
| Akhmat Grozny | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 186 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 223 | 13 | ||
References
- ↑ http://www.rezultati.com/igrac/nizic-zoran/S8fkv53m/
- ↑ "zòra". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17.
Zòran
- ↑ "njȅžan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17.
Nížić
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Kuban nudi 3,5 milijuna za Maloču!; Hajduk pobjednički u Koprivnici, puni Poljud čeka Dinama!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ https://www.24sata.hr/sport/najbolji-hrvatski-igrac-je-luka-modric-a-hnl-a-hilal-soudani-577492
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Нижич и Харин перешли в «Ахмат»" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 27 August 2018.
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
- ↑ "Head coach Dalić presents 24-man Croatia squad". hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ Zoran Nižić at Soccerway