Nikola Žižić (basketball Born 2000)
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Nikola Žižić (born 23 January 1988) is a Croatian professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who last played as a defender for Greek club AEL.


Career

Physically strong and good at initiating attacks and finishing them, Žižić started his career in second- and third-tier clubs in
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
and
Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
Solin Solin is a town and a suburb of Split, in Split-Dalmatia county, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro. Solin developed on the location of ancient city of ''Salona'', which was the capital o ...
, Konavljanin and Bela Krajina before getting his chance to play in
Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...
for the newly promoted
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, signing a one-year deal. Establishing himself in the first team, he secured a transfer to the Turkish
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team
Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...
, signing a three-year deal with them. After a short period in
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and
Fethiyespor Fethiyespor is a Turkish sports club based in Fethiye, Muğla. Fethiyespor were promoted to the Turkish Second Division in the 2005–06 season. In the 2011–12 football season, Fethiyespor reached the end of season promotion play-off games bu ...
he returned to
Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
and played for
NK Krka Nogometni klub Krka (), commonly referred to as NK Krka or Krka, is a Slovenian football club based in Novo Mesto, that competes in the Slovenian Second League, the second tier of Slovenian football. The team play its home games at Portoval. Th ...
before signing with
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n side Istra where he had his most successful seasons with 63 league games. On 7 July 2017, AEL announced the signing of Žižić on a two-year contract. On 20 December 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 away win against Apollon Pontou for the
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, helping his team secure a spot in the round of 16. On 9 January 2019, he scored with a long free-kick in a 3–2 home win against
Asteras Tripolis Asteras Tripolis Football Club (), currently known as Asteras AKTOR for sponsorship reasons, commonly referred to as Asteras, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Asteras Tripolis ...
for the Greek Cup round of 16. Two weeks later, in the rematch, Nikola temporarily equalized the scoreline with another free-kick, before his team collapsed and conceded 2 goals in less than 10 minutes, losing 7–6 on aggregate and being eliminated from the quarter finals. On 14 May 2021 there was an official announcement about the termination of the player's contract by mutual agreement.


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* 1988 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers NK Solin players NK Konavljanin players NK Bela Krajina players NK Lučko players Antalyaspor footballers Fethiyespor footballers NK Krka players NK Istra 1961 players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Croatian Football League players Slovenian Second League players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Slovenian PrvaLiga players First Football League (Croatia) players Super League Greece players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub