Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 2001)

Nemanja Nikolić (Bosnian pronunciation: [němaɲa nǐkolitɕ]; born 21 February 2001) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League Greece club Olympiacos, and the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team.

Not to be confused with Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1987).
Not to be confused with Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1988).

Nemanja Nikolić
Personal information
Full name Nemanja Nikolić
Date of birth (2001-02-21) 21 February 2001
Place of birth Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 13
Youth career
2016–2018 Sarajevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Mladost Doboj Kakanj 24 (0)
2019– Olympiacos 0 (0)
2019 → Radnički Niš (loan) 1 (0)
2020 → Mladost Doboj Kakanj (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 11 (1)
2019– Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2019

He started his professional career at Mladost Doboj Kakanj, before joining Olympiacos in 2019, who loaned him to Radnički Niš later that year and to Mladost Doboj Kakanj in 2020.

Club career

Early career

Nikolić came through Sarajevo's youth academy, which he left in June 2018 to join Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[1] He made his professional debut against Radnik Bijeljina on 18 August 2018 at the age of 17.[2]

Olympiacos

In August 2019, Nikolić joined Greek side Olympiacos on a four-year contract, but he was immediately loaned to Serbian team Radnički Niš until the end of season.[3]

In January 2020, he was sent on a six-month loan to his former club Mladost Doboj Kakanj.[4]

International career

Nikolić represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on various youth levels.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 March 2020[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mladost Doboj Kakanj 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 19000–190
2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 5000–50
Total 24000–240
Radnički Niš (loan) 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 1020–30
Mladost Doboj Kakanj (loan) 2019–20 Bosnian Premier League 30––30
Career total 30020–300

References
  1. "Junior Sarajeva potpisao za Mladost DK". oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. "Mladost povela u Bijeljini, ali ipak doživjela novi poraz". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 18 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. "Olympiacos posudio Nemanju Nikolića u Radnički iz Niša". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. "Nikolić se vraća u Mladost DK na posudbu". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. "Veliki talenat bh. fudbala na pragu transfera u Shakhtar iz Donetska". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 4 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. "N. Nikolić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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