Nikola Petković (footballer, born 1996)

Nikola Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Петковић; born 23 September 1996) is a Serbian football attacking midfielder who plays for Javor Ivanjica.

Nikola Petković
Personal information
Full name Nikola Petković
Date of birth (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Striker
Winger
Club information
Current team
 Javor Ivanjica
Number 21
Youth career
Partizan
Čukarički
Lokomotiva Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Lokomotiva Beograd 15 (9)
2018– Javor Ivanjica 76 (39)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2020

Professional career

Petković started his professional career with hometown Lokomotiva Belgrade in 2014–15 season. In 2016–17 season, he was the top goalscorer of the fourth-tier Belgrade Zone League, helping the team to win the championship. He started the 2017–18 season with the club, only to sign a contract in the mid-season with top-tier Javor Ivanjica until the end of 2020–21 season.[1] In 10 games of the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga he scored one goal and Javor relegated to the second-tier Serbian First League. In 2018–19 season, he emerged as club's leading scorer, finishing the season with 22 goals over 37 matches, which placed him as second top goalscorer of the 2018–19 Serbian First League. Javor Ivanjica gained promotion that season to the Serbian SuperLiga.

In 2019–20 season of the Serbian top-tier Serbian SuperLiga, Petković continued with the good performances from the past season, scoring 10 goals in 17 games until 23 November 2019. In November 2019, Javor reportedly agreed with Partizan Belgrade on his transfer in the winter's mid-season transfer window.[2] However, the transfer was not realized and Petković continued playing for Javor in the second half of the season.

Career statistics
As of 20 June 2020[3]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Javor Ivanjica 2017–18 SuperLiga 10110––––111
2018–19 First League 372200––––3722
2019–20 SuperLiga 291600––––2916
Total 763910––––7739

References
  1. "Панић и Петковић стигли у Ивањицу". zurnal.rs (in Serbian). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. "Prvo zimsko pojačanje Partizana: Dolazi najbolji strelac Superlige!". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. Nikola Petković at Soccerway
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