Nikola Leković (

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, th ...

: Никола Лековић; born 19 December 1989) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Born in

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, Leković started out at

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 ...

as a trainee in 1998. He spent nine years in the club's youth setup, before switching to

Bežanija Bežanija ( sr-cyr, Бежанија, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd, in the Syrmia region. Location Bežanija is located west of the downtown Belgrade, across the Sav ...

in 2007. After initially playing for their youth team, Leković was promoted to the senior squad in May 2008, making his

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

debut in a 0–1 home loss to

Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

. He spent two more seasons at the club, as the side competed in the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

, before securing a transfer to

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in the summer of 2010. Over the following three seasons at

Banjica Banjica ( sr, Бањица, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between the Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac (western half) and Voždovac (eastern half). Location Banjica is located 5-6 kilomet ...

, Leković made 88 appearances in all competitions. In July 2013, Leković was transferred to

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

on a two-year contract plus a one-year option. He scored a goal in the 90th minute of a 1–2 away loss against Moldovan champions

Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnist ...

in the

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, as Vojvodina were eliminated. In February 2014, Leković moved abroad and signed with Polish club

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

. On 31 August 2015, Leković joined his parent club

on a season-long loan from Lechia Gdańsk. He was given the number 3 shirt, previously worn by

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. After becoming a free agent, Leković agreed terms with

Napredak Kruševac Napredak may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Banatska Topola Fudbalski klub Napredak () is a f ...

in July 2016. In January 2017, Leković moved abroad for the second time and signed with Belarusian club Dinamo Minsk. After Dinamo, he also played for

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and Karabükspor during 2018, and for

from 2018 to 2019. On 30 December 2019, Leković signed a two-and-a-half-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 Tuzla City in a 6–2 league loss against

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

on 22 February 2020. On 24 June 2020, Leković decided to terminate his contract and leave Tuzla City.

International career

Leković represented

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at under-21 level, making two appearances in the team's unsuccessful qualifiers for the 2011 UEFA Under-21 Championship.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Partizan *

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: 2015–16

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lekovic, Nikola 1989 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Serbian men's footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Belarusian Premier League players Super League Greece players TFF First League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players FK Bežanija players FK Rad players FK Vojvodina players Lechia Gdańsk players FK Partizan players FK Napredak Kruševac players FC Dinamo Minsk players PAE Kerkyra players FK Mladost Lučani players FK Tuzla City players Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders