Nikola Ninković ( sr-cyrl, Никола Нинковић; born 19 December 1994) is a

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n professional

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who plays as an

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for

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Club career

Partizan

On 11 July 2011, alongside

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, Ninković signed his first professional contract with

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, on a five-year deal. He made his competitive debut for the club in the return leg of the

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second qualifying round, coming on as a substitute for

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in a 1–0 away win over Shkëndija on 19 July 2011. After missing the vast majority of the 2011–12 season due to

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, Ninković made his league debut in a 4–1 away victory against

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on 31 March 2012. He recorded three more appearances until the end of the season, as the club won the league title. On 11 August 2012, Ninković scored his first competitive goal for Partizan in a 7–0 home league victory over

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. He became the club's youngest captain ever on 31 October 2012 at 17 years, 10 months and 12 days, coming on as a substitute in a 1–2

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loss to

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, thus surpassing Stevan Jovetić. The record was later broken by

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. On 30 October 2013, Ninković scored a brace in a 3–0 Serbian Cup win away at Radnički Niš. He also scored an 86th-minute winning goal in a 2–1 home league victory over the same opponent on 1 March 2014, before being sent off in the 88th minute of the game. On 22 July 2014, Ninković scored his first goal for Partizan in

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, scoring an equalizer in a 3–1 away win against

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. He made a total of 38 appearances and scored six goals in all competitions during the 2014–15 campaign.

Genoa

On 1 February 2016, Ninković was transferred to Italian club

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, being immediately loaned to fellow

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side

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until the end of the 2015–16 season. He subsequently returned to Genoa for the 2016–17 season, making 19 appearances and scoring three goals in the process. Under coach

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, he was deployed as a play-making left back in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

Ascoli

On 18 August 2018, Ninković signed a three-season contract with Serie B team Ascoli.

Brescia

On 1 February 2021, Ninković signed with

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club

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International career

Ninković represented

at the 2011 UEFA Under-17 Championship that was hosted by his country. He was also a member of the team at the 2012 UEFA Under-19 Championship that took place in Estonia. In the second game of the group stage, Ninković scored directly from a corner kick in a 1–2 loss to

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on 6 July 2012. On 7 September 2012, Ninković scored the equalizing goal on his under-21 debut in a 1–1 away draw with

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. He also appeared in a 0–1 home loss to

in the UEFA Under-21 Championship 2013 qualification play-offs. On 25 October 2012, alongside

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, Ninković received a one-year ban from the

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following incidents after the game with England. In late 2016, ahead of the UEFA Under-21 Championship 2017 qualification play-offs, Ninković was called up to the under-21 team for the first time after the Kruševac incident.

Statistics

Honours

;Partizan *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

: 2011–12,

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, 2014–15 ;Empoli *

: 2017–18

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ninkovic, Nikola Serbian men's footballers AC ChievoVerona players Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Italy FK Partizan players Genoa CFC players Empoli FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Brescia Calcio players FK Proleter Novi Sad players People from Bogatić Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serbian SuperLiga players Serie A players Serie B players 1994 births Living people Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)