Nikoslav Bjegović (; born 16 November 1967) is a Serbian retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Club career

After failing to make an impact at Partizan, Bjegović played for

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

and

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, securing himself a move to

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 ...

in 1997. He helped the club win the

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in the 1998–99 season. In early 2000, Bjegović moved abroad to China to join

Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Football Club (), known in AFC competitions as Beijing FC, is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in . Beijing Guoan plays its home matches at the Workers' Stadium, located within Chaoyang Distr ...

. He also briefly played for Swiss club

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before retiring.

International career

At international level, Bjegović was capped once for

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in December 1998, coming on as a substitute in a friendly against

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Honours

Red Star Belgrade *

: 1998–99

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjegovic, Nikoslav 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Gospić Serbs of Croatia Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers FK Partizan players FK Radnički 1923 players FK Palilulac Beograd players OFK Beograd players FK Vojvodina players Red Star Belgrade footballers Beijing Guoan F.C. players FC Luzern players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Chinese Super League players Swiss Super League players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland