Nikola Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Петковић, ; born 28 March 1986) is a Serbian former professional

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who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Petković began his career with

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second l ...

with which he played excellently in the

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season. Foreign clubs became interested in his services and he subsequently signed for Gençlerbirliği S.K., where he got less playing time and was loaned to two different clubs. In the summer of 2009, he signed with

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, but again only managed to play on an infrequent basis and was loaned out to

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and

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before coming to sign for Red Star Belgrade in 2011.

Red Star Belgrade

Petković signed a two-year contract with Red Star Belgrade on the last day of the summer 2011 transfer window.

Sydney FC

On 19 September 2013, Sydney FC announced that they had completed their squad for the 2013/14 season by signing Petković on a one-year deal. After completing the move, Sydney FC manager

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stated: "I am expecting big things from him this season and believe he will have a big influence on the squad." Petković made his debut for Sydney FC on 11 October 2013 at home to

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where Sydney FC won 2–0. On 8 October 2014, Petković, along with teammate Saša Ognenovski were appointed Sydney FC's vice-captains for the 2014–15 A-League season.

K.V.C. Westerlo

On 24 June, Petković signed with K.V.C. Westerlo due to homesickness. Despite being contracted until 2017, Petkovic terminated his contract in January 2016 for personal reasons.

Yanbian Fude

On 26 January 2016, Petković transferred to

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in the

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. He extended his contract with Yanbian on 10 February 2017.外援双中卫!延边重新签回尼古拉 6外援谁将被弃
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Career statistics

Honours

Club

Al Ahli Saudi * Kings Cup:

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Red Star *

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: 2011–12

Individual

* Sydney FC Player of the Year: 2013–14

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