Nikola Radmanović (; 1 March 1969 – 21 July 2022) was a Serbian professional
footballer
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who played as a
defensive midfielder.
Playing career
Born in
Velika Gata
Velika Gata ( sr-cyrl, Велика Гата) is a village in the municipality of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, a village near
Bihać, Radmanović spent two seasons with
Vrbas from 1988 to 1990. He later played for
Bečej in the
1991–92 Yugoslav Second League
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, winning the competition and promotion to the top flight.
In the summer of 1992, Radmanović was transferred to
Red Star Belgrade
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. He spent the next four seasons with the club and won four major trophies. In the summer of 1996, Radmanović moved abroad to Spanish club
Mérida, as the team would finish in first place in the
1996–97 Segunda División
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.
Post-playing career
After hanging up his boots, Radmanović served as an assistant to
Vladimir Petrović
Vladimir Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Петровић, ; born 1 July 1955) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon ( sr, Пижон), after the French for ''pigeon''.
C ...
at Red Star Belgrade between 2009 and 2010.
Honours
Bečej
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Yugoslav Second League
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:
1991–92
Red Star Belgrade
*
First League of FR Yugoslavia:
1994–95
*
FR Yugoslavia Cup:
1992–93,
1994–95,
1995–96
Mérida
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Segunda División
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:
1996–97
References
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1969 births
2022 deaths
Footballers from Bihać
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslav men's footballers
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FK Vrbas players
OFK Bečej 1918 players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
CP Mérida footballers
FK Spartak Subotica players
Yugoslav Second League players
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Segunda División players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff