Stevo Nikolić (

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: Cтeвo Николић; born 4 December 1984) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays for

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Club career

Born in

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SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, he started playing with local side Borac Šamac, and in 1999, with 15 years, he moved to Belgrade to play in the youth team of

FK Obilić Fudbalski klub Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Обилић) is a Serbian football club based in Vračar, a neighbourhood of Belgrade. It was named after medieval Serbs, Serbian hero Miloš Obilić, a legendary 14th-century ...

, the surprising

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FR Yugoslavia champions. With them, he was the national youth champion in Serbia, and from 2002 to 2004 played with the first team. In 2004, he returned to Bosnia and signed with Cup holders FK Modriča, and played there until 2008 when he moved to Romanian club Oțelul Galați. He became a free agent in the summer of 2010, after a two-year spell at Otelul, he signed with Borac Banja Luka. After one season in Bosnia in which Borac won the championship, he moved to Hungary by signing with Debreceni VSC.

International career

Just like namesake

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, Stevo 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 1 goal. His second and final international was a June 2008 friendly against

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International goals

''Scores and results table. Bosnia and Herzegovina's goal tally first:''

Honours

Player

Modriča *

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: 2007–08 Borac Banja Luka *

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Debreceni * Hungarian First League: 2011–12 *

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: 2011–12 Zrinjski Mostar *

: 2013–14, 2015–16 Individual * Bosnian Premier League top goalscorer: 2006–07

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