Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1992)

Nemanja Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Николић, pronounced [němaɲa nǐkolitɕ]; born 19 October 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Partizan.

For other people with the same name, see Nemanja Nikolić.
Nemanja Nikolić
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-10-19) 19 October 1992
Place of birth Kraljevo, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 23
Youth career
Bubamara Kraljevo
Sloga Kraljevo
Metalac Kraljevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Grbalj 37 (8)
2013–2016 Rostov 3 (0)
2016 Aktobe 5 (0)
2017–2018 Spartak Subotica 37 (12)
2018–2020 Partizan 29 (7)
2019 → Vojvodina (loan) 9 (3)
2020 → Spartak Subotica (loan) 18 (13)
2020–2021 Al Raed 14 (3)
2021 Tobol 17 (8)
2021–2022 Spartak Subotica 24 (11)
2022–2023 Vojvodina 31 (4)
2023– Partizan 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023

Club career

Early years

Born in Kraljevo, Nikolić made his first football steps with local academy Bubamara,[1] after which he moved to Sloga Kraljevo youth academy,[2] and finally Metalac Kraljevo.[3] Later he signed with the Montenegrin First League side Grbalj, where he played between 2011 and 2012.[4]

On 22 February 2013, after he passed a ten-day trial period with a club, Nikolić signed a three-year contract with Rostov.[5] He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 20 October 2013 for FC Rostov in a game against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara under coach Miodrag Božović.[4]

On 5 August 2016 Nikolić signed for FC Aktobe on a free transfer.[6] After he end of season in the Kazakhstan Premier League, Nikolić left the club.

Spartak Subotica

In February 2017, Nikolić signed a 2+1⁄2-year deal Spartak Subotica.[7] For the first half-season with the club, Nikolić was mostly used as a back-up for Ognjen Mudrinski, making 7 appearances without goals. At the beginning of the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season, Nikolić became the first choice attacker under coach Aleksandar Veselinović, scoring a goal in the opening match of the season against OFK Bačka.[8] After 2 scored goals and 2 assists he made in 4–0 away win against Borac Čačak in the second fixture match of the season, Nikolić was elected for the player of the week.[9] He awarded for the second time in the 7th fixture of the same season, with 2 goals and an assist in 5–0 away victory over Vojvodina at the Karađorđe Stadium.[10] Scoring a goal in 1–1 draw to Partizan, Nikolić was elected for the best on the field in a match played on 26 November 2017.[11] Nikolić awarded as the club's best assistant in the mid season.[12] In May 2018, Nikolić was elected in the best 11 players for the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season, by clubs captains' and managers' choice.[13]

Partizan

On 22 May 2018, Nikolić joined Partizan in a €350,000 transfer from Spartak Subotica.[14] Media reported the deal also includes 20 percent of the future transfer.[15] He was officially promoted on 28 May 2018, penning a three-year deal, when he also chose to wear number 9 jersey.[16] He made his debut for Partizan in the first leg match of the first qualifying round for 2018–19 UEFA Europa League campaign, against Rudar Pljevlja.[17]

Nikolić scored in the 159th Belgrade Eternal Derby, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[18]

Loan to Vojvodina

On 19 August 2019, Nikolić signed a one-year-loan, with buyout option after 6 months, for Vojvodina.[19]

Tobol

On 28 March 2021, Nikolić signed for FC Tobol until the end of the season.[20] On 30 July 2021, Tobol announced the departure of Nikolić after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[21]

Return to Spartak Subotica

On 18 September 2021, he returned to Spartak Subotica.[22] He signed for 1 year.

Return to Vojvodina

On 15 June 2022, Nikolić signed a two-year-deal with Vojvodina.[23]

Return to Partizan

On 3 July 2023, Nikolić signed a two-year-deal with Partizan.[24] On September 3, 2023, Nikolić scored his first goal after returning to Partizan in the game of the 6th round of the SuperLiga in a 3–2 win over IMT. A great double pass in the penalty area with Matheus Saldanha and the execution into the far corner.[25] On October 25, in the postponed game of the 4th round of the SuperLiga against Radnički Kragujevac, Nikolić scored a brace. Again, the turning point of the game was when Nikolić entered the game in the 62nd minute, Partizan scored three goals since then, two of which were the work of the popular Taki.[26]

Career statistics
As of 7 July 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grbalj 2011–12 Montenegrin First League 21400——214
2012–13 16421——185
Total 37821——399
Rostov 2012–13 Russian Premier League 0000—0000
2013–14 2000——20
2014–15 1010——20
2015–16 0010——10
Total 3020—0050
Aktobe 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 500000—50
Spartak Subotica 2016–17[27] Serbian SuperLiga 7000——70
2017–18[28] 301221——3213
Total 371221——3913
Partizan 2018–19[29] Serbian SuperLiga 2973140—368
2019–20 000000—00
2020–21 000000—00
Total 2973140—368
Vojvodina (loan) 2019–20[30] Serbian SuperLiga 9320——113
Spartak Subotica (loan) 8600——86
2020–21[31] 10700——107
Total 181300——1813
Al Raed 2020–21 Saudi Professional League 14310——153
Tobol 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League 178101000198
Spartak Subotica 2021–22[32] Serbian SuperLiga 241100——2411
Vojvodina 2022–23[33] Serbian SuperLiga 31442——356
Partizan 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 1030040—143
Career total 23472175900026077

Honours

Club
Rostov
Partizan

Individual

References
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  2. "Немања Николић: Прија ми интересовање Војводине". Dnevnik. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. "Спартак одбио 400 хиљада за Николића: Пријатеље никад не остављам!". Sportski žurnal. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. Nemanja Nikolić at Soccerway
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  6. "ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О СТАТУСЕ ИГРОКОВ". fc-aktobe.kz. FC Aktobe. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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  9. "Igrač kola: Nezaustavljivi Nemanja Nikolić obeležio drugo ovosezonsko kolo". Serbian SuperLiga official website. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  10. "Igrač kola: Nemanja Nikolić najbolji akter u pobedi golubova u Novom Sadu". Serbian SuperLiga official website. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  11. "Погледајте најзанимљивије детаље са меча Партизан – Спартак у Хумској (ВИДЕО)". Sportski žurnal. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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  14. "Nikolić prešao u Partizan". FK Spartak Subotica official website. 22 May 2018.
  15. "ПАРТИЗАН ДОВЕО ПРВО ПОЈАЧАЊЕ: За Николића 350.000 евра!". Večernje novosti. 22 May 2018.
  16. "Partizan promovisao novu "devetku": Preživeo sam fudbalski mrak za četiri godine, sada hoću duplu krunu". mozzartsport.com. 28 May 2018.
  17. "LE: Partizan već u Nikšiću obezbedio prolaz u drugo kolo" (in Serbian). B92. 12 July 2018.
  18. "Varnice na terenu, bez pobednika u 159. večitom derbiju". www.rts.rs. 14 July 2019.
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  20. "Неманья Николич — игрок Тобола". fctobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  21. "Неманья, спасибо!". fctobol.kz/ (in Russian). FC Tobol. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  22. "Nemanja Nikolić ponovo u FK Spartak" (in Serbian). Spartak Subotica. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  23. "Немања и Урош Николић нови фудбалери Војводине". ФК Војводина (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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  25. "IMT NOVI BEOGRAD VS. PARTIZAN 2 - 3". Soccerway.com. 3 September 2023.
  26. "RADNIČKI KRAGUJEVAC VS. PARTIZAN 0 - 4". Soccerway.com. 25 October 2023.
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  28. "Nikolić, Nemanja 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  29. "Nikolić, Nemanja 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  30. "Nikolić, Nemanja 2019–20 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  31. "Nikolić, Nemanja 2020–21 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  32. "Nikolić, Nemanja 2021–22 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  33. "Nikolić, Nemanja 2022–23 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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