Jovica Nikolić (
Serbian Cyrillic
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: Јовица Николић; born 11 July 1959) is a
Serbia
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n retired
footballer
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who played as a
central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, and a
manager
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Management includes the activities o ...
.
Club career
Nikolić was born in
Svetozarevo
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,
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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. In his country, he played for
FK Jagodina
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and
Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...
; he won two
leagues and one
cup
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with the latter, scoring a career-best eight goals in 22 games in
his first season ''en route'' to the national championship, but being rarely used in his last two years combined (only 14 league appearances).
In the summer of 1989, aged 30, Nikolić was allowed to leave the country and signed for
S.C. Salgueiros
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Founded on 8 December 1911, in the parish of Paranhos, it is mostly known f ...
in
Portugal
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, helping the club promote to the
Primeira Liga
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in his first season. In
the following campaign the
Paranhos side overachieved for a final fifth place, with the subsequent
qualification
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to the
UEFA Cup
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– a first-ever– with the player netting six goals in 36 matches; during most of his spell there, he shared teams with countrymen
Čedomir Đoinčević
Čedomir Đoinčević (; born 5 May 1961) is a Serbian former football manager and player.
Playing career
After starting out at his local club Vranić, Đoinčević played for Žarkovo in the Belgrade Zone League. He would make his Yugoslav Sec ...
and
Stevan Milovac
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His daughter Tamara Milovac is a Portuguese-Serbian basketball player.
Foot ...
.
Nikolić retired from football at 36 years of age, after two seasons with
F.C. Maia
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in the
Portuguese third division
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. In late May 2008 he had his first coaching experience, being appointed at
FC Ordabasy
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in
Kazakhstan
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.
International career
Nikolić won one
cap
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for
Yugoslavia
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, starting in a 1–2 home loss against
East Germany
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for the
1986 FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers, on 28 September 1985 (match played in
Belgrade
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).
Previously, in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
, he played Olympic football, appearing in five games out of six and scoring three goals as the national team
finished third in
Los Angeles
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.
Honours
Club
Red Star
*
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
:
1983–84,
1987–88
*
Yugoslav Cup
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:
1984–85
Salgueiros
*
Segunda Liga:
1989–90
Country
Yugoslavia
*
Summer Olympic Games
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:
Bronze medal
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
References
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1959 births
Living people
Yugoslav men's footballers
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav First League players
FK Jagodina players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
S.C. Salgueiros players
F.C. Maia players
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Serbian football managers
FC Ordabasy managers
FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje managers
Serbian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate football managers in Montenegro
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro