Nikola Stipić (born 18 December 1937) is a former

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Club career

He started to play for

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

still in the youth teams, debuting for the first team in the 1956/57 season. He had an excellent start becoming known for his speed, great technical skills and dribbling, but his career suddenly came to an end because of a heavy knee injury having only 26 years old.

International career

He made one appearance for

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, coming on as a second-half substitute for Vladimir Lukarić in a September 1962

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against

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Post-playing career

Afterward he became a journalist of the Belgrade-based daily

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.Nikola Stipić
at redstarbelgrade.info

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* * 1937 births Living people Footballers from Bihać Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Red Star Belgrade footballers Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav journalists {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub