Nikola Nikić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Никић, ; born 7 January 1956) is a Bosnian former

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and current

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NK Bratstvo Gračanica Nogometni klub Bratstvo Gračanica or simply NK Bratstvo Gračanica is a professional association football club from the city of Gračanica that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bratstvo currently plays in the First League of the Federatio ...

in the First League of FBiH.

Playing career

Nikić, born to father Ilija and mother Radojka (née Tadić), started his career in the lower leagues with

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NK Zvijezda Gradačac Nogometni klub Zvijezda Gradačac (English: Football Club Zvijezda Gradačac), or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the town of Gradačac. Zvijezda host their home matches at the Banja ...

before joining FK Željezničar Sarajevo. Although he was an excellent winger, he became famous for his funny character and truthful nature. Maybe he is not one of the all-time best FK Željezničar players, but surely one of the most popular ones. He is often a guest on various TV and

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shows because of his stories about himself being silly in all kind of strange situations. His biggest playing success was being the member of the famous FK Željezničar squad which under the guidance of Ivica Osim reached

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semifinals in the 1984–85 season. But Nikić didn't play the semifinal match against Videoton because in December 1984 he moved to

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where he stayed for four seasons. In the 1984–85 season, he played for

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making 19 appearances scoring 3 goals. During 1985–86 and 1986–87 seasons he played for

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and scored 12 goals in 53 league matches. At the end of the 1986–87 season he moved to Aris' fierce rival PAOK and played only 9 league matches in season 1987–88 without scoring any goals. After that season, he came back to FK Željezničar in 1988 where he stayed until the middle of the

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season when he moved to

NK Čelik Zenica Nogometni klub Čelik Zenica ( en, Football Club Čelik Zenica) is a professional football club based in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name ''Čelik'' means ''Steel'' in Bosnian and it symbolizes the strength and power of the club in a ...

. He stayed at Čelik until 1992 when he moved to FK Borac Banja Luka. In 1993 he ended his playing career after leaving Borac.

Managerial career

After he ended his career as a professional footballer, he became a

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. He was the manager of

, FK Kolubara Lazarevac,

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, Thermaikos FC,

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and

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. Since June 2018, Nikolić has been the head coach of First League FBiH club

. His biggest success was when he led FK Modriča to a place in the

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after he won with Modriča the

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. He was also the head coach of the Bosnia-Herzegovina U19 team and the Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 team. He was for a moment the head coach of the Republika Srpska official team (league selection) in September 2013.Selekcija liga FSRS
at

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official website, retrieved 26-5-2015

Personal life

His son Branislav is also a professional player in

Honours

Manager

Modriča * First League of RS: 2002–03

References

External links

Nikola Nikić
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikic, Nikola 1956 births Living people People from Modriča Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Association football wingers Yugoslav footballers FK Modriča players NK Zvijezda Gradačac players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Egaleo F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players PAOK FC players NK Čelik Zenica players FK Borac Banja Luka players Yugoslav First League players Super League Greece players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers FK Modriča managers FK Kolubara managers Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team managers NK TOŠK Tešanj managers NK Bratstvo Gračanica managers