Nikola Vasiljević (; born 24 June 1996) is a

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n professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Vasiljević started out at his hometown club Radnički Niš. He later switched to Sloboda Užice, being promoted to their senior squad in early 2013. In late summer 2014, Vasiljević returned to Radnički Niš and remained with the club for one season. He then joined Radnik Surdulica in the summer of 2015, making his senior debut the following spring. In March 2018, Vasiljević extended his contract with the club for three more years, and soon established himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper.

International career

In September 2018, Vasiljević was surprisingly called up by

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to the Serbia national team to replace the injured Aleksandar Jovanović ahead of the team's

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games with

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. He remained an unused substitute in both matches. Two months later, Vasiljević received his second call-up to the team, this time replacing the injured Marko Dmitrović for Serbia's final two Nations League fixtures versus

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and Lithuania.

Statistics

Honours

;Red Star Belgrade *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vasiljevic, Nikola Men's association football goalkeepers FK Radnički Niš players FK Radnik Surdulica players GFK Sloboda Užice players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Napredak Kruševac players FK Javor Ivanjica players Serbian men's footballers Serbian SuperLiga players Footballers from Niš 1996 births Living people 21st-century Serbian sportsmen