Novica Nikčević (born 7 October 1972) is a Slovenian retired

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who played as a

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. He is currently the assistant coach of

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at Slovan Bratislava.

Playing career

Nikčević played for a number of Slovenian clubs throughout his career. He was

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top scorer in the 1998–99 season with 17 goals. Between 1999 and 2000, he played for the Belgian club

KSC Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (), often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren, was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ce ...

. He also played with

NK Istra Nogometni Klub Istra (), commonly referred to as NK Istra or simply Istra, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Pula. The club currently plays in the fifth level of the Croatian league system but Istra has also played in the Prva HNL ...

in the

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Coaching career

After retiring as a player, he became a football coach. In 2007, he was appointed the sporting director of

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where he linked up with manager

. He later became assistant manager at

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in July 2012. He joined Milanič at

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where he became his assistant manager in 2013. On 23 September 2014, Nikčević was appointed the new assistant manager of

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on a two-year deal, joining manager Darko Milanič from

. When Milanič was dismissed after six games in charge, Nikčević also left the club.

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Novica Nikčević
at NZS * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikcevic, Novica 1972 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Slovenian people of Serbian descent Men's association football forwards Slovenian men's footballers FK Zemun players NK Istra players NK Celje players ND Gorica players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players NK Korotan Prevalje (1933) players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players NK Mura players FC Koper players NK Tabor Sežana players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian Football League players Belgian Pro League players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in England Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia SK Sturm Graz non-playing staff Leeds United F.C. non-playing staff ŠK Slovan Bratislava non-playing staff