Jovan Nikolić (footballer)

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Jovan Nikolić
Personal information
Full name	Jovan Nikolić
Date of birth	(1991-07-21) 21 July 1991
Place of birth	Nikšić, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FK Sutjeska Nikšić
Number	TBA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2011	Budućnost Podgorica	26	(0)
2011	→ Sutjeska Nikšić (loan)	13	(0)
2011	Hajduk Kula	2	(0)
2012–	Sutjeska Nikšić	71	(3)
National team^‡
2009–2011	Montenegro U19	14	(0)
2010–	Montenegro U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2014. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2012

Jovan Nikolić (Cyrillic: Joвaн Hикoлић, born 21 July 1991 in Nikšić) is a Montenegro football defensive who plays for Montenegrin First League club FK Sutjeska Nikšić.

Club career

He was part of the FK Budućnost Podgorica youth system and he made a debut for their senior squad in the 2008–09 Montenegrin First League. He played with them during the following two seasons, with the exception of the six-month loan to another Montenegrin top league club FK Sutjeska Nikšić during the 2010–11 season.^[1] While with Budućnost, he played in both 2009–10 and 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualification matches.

In summer 2011 he moved to Serbia and signed with FK Hajduk Kula.^[2] He made his debut in the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga round 2 home match against FK BSK Borča on 21 August 2011.

During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, he returned to Montenegro and rejoined FK Sutjeska Nikšić.^[3]

Jovan Nikolić had been a regular member of the Montenegro national under-19 football team since 2009, and since 2010 he occasionally received calls for the Montenegro national under-21 football team.^[4]