Niko Datković
Niko Datković is a Croatian football, playing as a centre-back for Cracovia in Poland.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Niko Datković | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cracovia | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Pomorac | ||
| 2008–2011 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Rijeka | 38 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Spezia (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | → Lugano (loan) | 27 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Spezia | 10 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Universitatea Craiova (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2018– | Cracovia | 28 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Croatia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Croatia U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Croatia U20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Croatia U21 | 11 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2010 | |||
Club career
Regarded as one of the club's greatest talents, Datković was a regular starter in Rijeka's defence during his first professional year with the club in 2011–12. He made his professional début on 26 August 2011 (age 18), in Rijeka's home win against Šibenik.[1] In two and a half seasons with Rijeka, he collected 38 caps and scored two goals.[2] In early 2014, he was loaned to Spezia in Italy's Serie B, where he spent the second half of the 2013–14 season and the entire 2014–15 season. Datković spent the following season on loan with Lugano in the Swiss Super League. On 3 September 2017, it was revealed that Spezia sent Datković on a season-long loan to CS U Craiova in Romania.[3]
Career statistics
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011–12 | Rijeka | Prva HNL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rijeka total | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Spezia (loan) | Serie B | 6 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |||
| 2015–16 | Lugano (loan) | Swiss Super League | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | Spezia | Serie B | 10 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Craiova (loan) | Liga I | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Spezia total | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Cracovia | Ekstraklasa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 125 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 9 | ||
| Last Update: 29 November 2018. | ||||||||||
References
- HRnogomet.com
- HRnogomet.com
- "Craiova a transferat doi jucători croați. Unul dintre ei va avea un salariu record" (in Romanian). 3 September 2017.
External links
- Niko Datković at Soccerway
- Niko Datković at Croatian Football Statistics
- Niko Datković at the Croatian Football Federation