Žarko Nikolić (; 16 October 1936 – 22 August 2011) was a Yugoslav and

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

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who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, Nikolić played for

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

from 1954 to 1966, amassing over 200 appearances in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

and helping them win the championship in the 1965–66 season. He subsequently moved abroad to Germany and joined

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...

, spending two seasons at the club. Before retiring from the game, Nikolić had a brief second spell with Vojvodina. At international level, Nikolić was capped nine times for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. He represented his country at one European Nations' Cup (finishing runner-up in

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

) and one

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(

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

). Nikolić was also a member of the team that won the gold medal at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

, but he did not play in any matches.

Honours

Club

;Vojvodina *

: 1965–66

International

;Yugoslavia *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

* European Nations' Cup: Runner-up

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolic, Zarko 1960 European Nations' Cup players 1962 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany FC Schalke 04 players FK Vojvodina players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in football Serbian men's footballers Footballers from Novi Sad Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers 1936 births 2011 deaths