Staniša Nikolić (born 28 November 1980) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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defender, who spent the latter years of his career in the Austrian amateur leagues.

Club career

The right back from

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has played most of his career in his home town club

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team's name is ''Football Club Freedom Tuzla''. The club is a mem ...

. In 2002, he moved to Croatia and played with

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one season before returning to Sloboda. His next experience abroad was with Serbian

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, the second large ...

but after a half season he was back. In summer 2006 he moved to another Bosnian top league club,

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where he played solid three seasons which made him a move in June 2009, to Slovakia to play with ambitious

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in the

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. He still played one match in Slovak league in the 2010-11 season before returning to

to finish the season with 14 matches in the

2010–11 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2010–11 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the eleventh season since its original establishment and the ninth as a unified country-wide league. It began in August 2010 and ended in May 2011. Željezničar were the defending champ ...

International career

Staniša Nikolić made his debut for

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in a January 2008

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away against

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and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a June 2008 friendly against

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