Nikola Vujadinović ( cnr, Никола Вујадиновић; born 31 July 1986) is a Montenegrin

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who plays as a

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for Serbian club Čukarički. Vujadinović also holds a Serbian and Bulgarian passport (and consequently EU citizenship) due to his grandfather being a

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. On international level, Vujadinović opted to play for Montenegrin national team.

Club career

Vujadinović started his career at

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. He later played for FK Rad, FK Zeta, and FK Radnički Pirot. In May 2007, Vujadinović moved to CSKA Sofia on a free transfer, agreeing a three-year contract with the Bulgarian Premier League side. He appeared in 24 matches for the club, scoring once. In August 2008, Udinese announced that they had secured the services of Vujadinović for a reported €1 million. He agreed a five-year contract with the

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club. In September 2009, Vujadinović was loaned by Udinese to

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of Romania. For the 2010–11 season, he was loaned to

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club

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. Mainly a replacement for Richard Foster, he had their initial application for a work permit rejected, which was later granted after an appeal. On 15 January 2011, Vujadinović's loan was extended until the end of the season. Under managers Mark McGhee and then Craig Brown, he made 18 league appearances and also represented the club in the semi-finals of the

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. His loan to Aberdeen expired at the end of the 2010–11 season following being photographed with avid fan Greg Davidson During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, Vujadinović moved from Italy back to Serbia to play on loan with the SuperLiga side

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. On 24 June 2012, Vujadinović left Udinese and joined

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on a two-year contract. He left the club in June 2014 despite appearing regularly. On 31 October 2014, Vujadinović signed a one-year deal with CA Osasuna in Spanish

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, mainly as a replacement to injured Jordan Lotiès. On 16 July 2015, Vujadinović transferred to

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side

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. On 7 July 2017 he signed a two-year contract with Polish club

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. He debuted on 27 July 2017 during the

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away game against

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. On 11 October 2019, Slovenian side

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announced that they signed with Vujadinović until the end of the 2019–20 season. On 2 August 2020, Vujadinović signed a one-year contract with Sabah FK.

Career statistics

¹All appearances in

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Honours

;CSKA Sofia * Bulgarian League: 2007–08

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