Đorđe Nikolić
Đorđe Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Николић; born 13 April 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Basel in the Swiss Super League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Đorđe Nikolić | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Basel | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012[2] | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2012–2014[2] | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Jagodina | 19 | (0) |
| 2016– | Basel | 9 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Schaffhausen (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Thun (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Aarau (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | Serbia U16[2] | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Serbia U17[2] | 10 | (0) |
| 2014 | Serbia U18[2] | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | Serbia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Serbia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Serbia U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:49, 4 octobre 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Jagodina
After he left youth team of FK Partizan,[3] Nikolić signed a three-year contract with Jagodina in the winter break off-season 2014–15.[4] He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut for Jagodina in the first fixture of 2015–16 season.[5] Although he started season as a first choice, Nikolić injured during the season and missed the great part of season. He made total 19 matches for club and after Jagodina relegated from the Serbian SuperLiga, Nikolić got an offer from FC Basel.[6]
Basel
Nikolić signed four-year contract with FC Basel in June 2016.[7] He made his debut for the club in 26 fixture match of the 2016–17 Swiss Super League season against FC St. Gallen, played on 1 April 2017.[8] Under trainer Urs Fischer Nikolić won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[9] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[10] In summer 2017, Nikolić moved on loan to the Swiss Challenge League side Schaffhausen, where he spent the rest of calendar year. Later, at the beginning of 2018, Nikolić moved to Thun on new loan, until summer 2019.[11]
International career
Nikolić has been called in national team selections since 2012.[2] In November 2016, Nikolić started playing with Serbian under-20 level as a first choice goalkeeper,[12] until March 2017. After Boris Radunović's injury, coach Nenad Lalatović invited him to the squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 10 June 2018[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jagodina | 2014–15 | SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Basel | 2016–17 | Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Schaffhausen (loan) | 2016–17 | Challenge League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Thun (loan) | 2016–17 | Super League | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |||
References
- "Nikolic, Djordje". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Djordje Nikolic (Serbia U18 national team)". YouTube. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- Омладинац добио спор с Партизаном, па потписао за Јагодину. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 27 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Dete Partizana potpisalo za Jagodinu". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 29 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "1.Kolo: Jagodina - Mladost". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 18 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- Голман Јагодине Ђорђе Николић у Базелу!. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Djordje Nikolic" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- FC Basel 1893 (2016). "FCB-Goalie Djordje Nikolic: kein Gegentor, dafür eine Bierdusche" (in German). badenertagblatt.ch. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
- Đorđe Nikolić at Soccerway
- "Mlada reprezentacija poražena od Srbije". reprezentacija.me (in Serbian). 13 November 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- "U21: Nikolić umesto Radunovića". Sport Klub (in Serbian). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
External links
- Đorđe Nikolić stats at utakmica.rs (in Serbian)
- Đorđe Nikolić at FootballDatabase.eu
- Đorđe Nikolić at WorldFootball.net
- Đorđe Nikolić at Soccerbase
- Đorđe Nikolić – UEFA competition record