Milorad Nikolić (

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: Милорад Николић; 23 July 1920 – 12 September 2006) was a Serbian

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er.

Biography

Born in

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, he is remembered as one of the most talented young players that played in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

before

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. Playing as a left winger, he was extremely appreciated for his speed and strong shot. He started playing with SK Sloga Beograd and in 1935 he moved to

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where he played initially with the youth squad. It was in the season 1938–39 when his club won the national championship, that he made his first occasional appearances in the senior squad. In the next season, he was already a usual starter, playing along many other Yugoslav legends such as Mrkušić, Stojiljković, Dubac, Manola, Dragićević, Lechner, Glišović, Valjarević,

Božović Božović (Cyrillic: ''Божовић'', ; plural: ''Božovići, Божовићи'') is a Montenegrin and Serbian surname, and is one of the most common surnames in Montenegro and Serbia.Vujadinović Vujadinović ( sr-cyr, Вујадиновић) is a Serbian surname, derived from the male given name '' Vujadin'', may refer to: * Borislav Vujadinović (born 1959), Serbian bobsledder * Đorđe Vujadinović (1909–1990), Serbian footballer and m ...

, all of them were also his colleagues at the Yugoslavia national team. Because of the war, his career was interrupted and in June 1944 he emigrated to Switzerland, where he played for Lausanne-Sport. He got married there and would later emigrate to the United States, where he remained for the rest of his life. Nikolić played a total of three matches for Yugoslavia, two in 1940 and one in 1941, in the last match of the royal Yugoslav team.

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