Nikola Damjanac (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

: Никола Дамјанац; born 21 October 1971) is a Serbian former professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Club career

After starting out at his hometown club Velež Mostar, Damjanac joined

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

. He was loaned to

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 ...

in the 1993–94 season, before returning to Stadion JNA. In the summer of 1997, Damjanac moved to the Netherlands and signed with

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisi ...

. He subsequently returned to Partizan in 1998. In the summer of 2000, Damjanac again moved abroad and joined Turkish side

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. He left Turkey after one season and moved to Brazilian club

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...

, alongside Miodrag Anđelković. Consequently, Damjanac briefly returned to OFK Beograd, before moving to Russian club Saturn Ramenskoye in the summer of 2002. He again returned to OFK Beograd in the 2004–05 season.

International career

In 1991, Damjanac made one appearance for the Yugoslavia U21s during the 1992 UEFA Under-21 Championship.

Post-playing career

After retiring as a player in 2005, Damjanac became a sports agent, being a co-owner of Lian Sports, alongside Fali Ramadani.

Personal life

His son is footballer Aleksa Damjanac.

Honours

;Partizan *

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

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, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99

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