Nemanja Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Николић, ; born 1 January 1988) is a Montenegrin professional

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who plays as a

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for Serbian club

Kolubara The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river. General overview Kolubara is formed by the two small rivers Obnica and Jablanica. ''Obnica'' is the river in W ...

Club career

Born in

Valjevo Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the administrative area of Valjevo had 90,312 inhabitants, 59,073 of whom were urban dwell ...

, Nikolić began playing in the youth teams of

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 ...

. His debut as a senior happened in 2006 when he played on loan with Zlatibor Voda in the

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina (Serbian language, Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Se ...

. In the following season, he moved to Montenegro where he represented

Grbalj Grbalj ( sr-Cyrl, Грбаљ), denotes a historic, rural region, as well as a tribe of the Montenegrin littoral, and a parish located between town of Budva and the Luštica peninsula, Bay of Kotor in coastal Montenegro. Most of the region now li ...

in the

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 te ...

. In the summer of 2008, Nikolić returned and joined the first team of Red Star Belgrade, making his debut in the

2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga The 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the third since its establishment in 2006. It began on 16 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. Partizan Belgrade successfully defended their title. Te ...

season. After playing two seasons with Red Star, in the summer of 2010, he was sent a loan to another SuperLiga side, Spartak Subotica. At the end of the season, he left Red Star and joined

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburm ...

. After OFK Beograd, Nikolić played in the Belarusian Premier League with Dinamo Minsk and BATE Borisov and later on

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

. He also played for

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

clubs Hapoel Tel Aviv and

Hapoel Ra'anana Hapoel Ra'anana Association Football Club ( he, עמותת הפועל רעננה מחלקת כדורגל, ''Amutat Hapoel Ra'anana Mahleket Kaduregel'') is an Israeli football club based in the city of Ra'anana. They currently play in Liga Alef ...

and Serbian SuperLiga club

Voždovac Voždovac ( sr-cyr, Вождовац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 158,213 inhabitants. The municipality is located in the south-central part of the urban ...

on two occasions. On 30 July 2020, Nikolić signed a two-year contract with

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

club

Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City ( en, Football Club Tuzla City), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han ( en, Football Club Sloga Simin Han), is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in ...

. He made his official debut for the club in a league game against Olimpik on 23 August 2020. Nikolić left Tuzla City in January 2021, after terminating his contract with the club.

International career

Nikolić represented the Montenegrin U21 national team, before debuting for the senior team in 2009. He made his senior debut for

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in an August 2009

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against

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and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 2016 FIFA World Cup qualification match against

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Honours

Red Star Belgrade *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup (Serbian: Куп Србије, Kup Srbije) is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup f ...

: 2009–10 BATE Borisov * Belarusian Premier League: 2015

References

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at Utakmica.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolic, Nemanja 1988 births Living people Footballers from Valjevo Montenegrin people of Serbian descent Montenegrin men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Red Star Belgrade footballers OFK Grbalj players FK Spartak Subotica players OFK Beograd players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC BATE Borisov players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players FK Voždovac players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players FC Minsk players FK Tuzla City players RFK Grafičar Beograd players FK Kolubara players Montenegrin First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Belarusian Premier League players Israeli Premier League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Montenegro men's international footballers Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Israel Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina