Nikola Mitrović
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Mitrović playing for Újpest in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikola Mitrović | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kruševac, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Anorthosis | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2004 | Napredak majmun | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Napredak | 103 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Partizan | 15 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Napredak (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2009 | Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 20 | (2) |
| 2010 | Napredak | 14 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Újpest | 29 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Videoton | 55 | (7) |
| 2013–2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 81 | (4) |
| 2016 | Shanghai Shenxin | 27 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Bnei Yehuda | 16 | (0) |
| 2017– | Anorthosis | 14 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2010 | Serbia | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2017. | |||
Nikola Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Митровић; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta.
Club career
In 1997, aged 10, Mitrović joined his hometown club Napredak. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2004. In the following three years, Mitrović amassed over 100 competitive appearances for the side, helping them win promotion to the top flight in 2007.
On 23 July 2007, Mitrović signed a three-year contract with Partizan.[1] He served mainly as a backup to Brazilian defensive midfielder Juca throughout the season, making 18 appearances (league and cup), as the club won the double. Due to strong competition in his position, Mitrović was loaned to his parent club Napredak in the 2008 summer transfer window. He was transferred to Russian club Volga Nizhny Novgorod six months later, spending the entire year there, before again returning to Napredak in early 2010.
In mid-2010, Mitrović moved abroad for the second time and joined Hungarian club Újpest. He spent the next three seasons in the country, the latter two with Videoton. He helped them win one League Cup and two Super Cups.
On 4 August 2013, Mitrović moved to Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv on a one-year deal with an extension option.[2] He was signed by his former Videoton manager Paulo Sousa who joined the club earlier that summer. After defending the league title with Maccabi in his debut season, Mitrović helped the side win the domestic treble in the following 2014–15 campaign. He subsequently made his UEFA Champions League debut in 2015–16, collecting four appearances in the group stage under his countryman Slaviša Jokanović. On 10 January 2016, it was announced that Mitrović would be leaving the club upon his request.[3]
Just a few days following his departure from Maccabi, Mitrović joined China League One club Shanghai Shenxin. He stayed in Asia for only six months, before returning to Israel and signing for Bnei Yehuda in late August 2016.[4] In January of the following year, Mitrović moved to Cypriot club Anorthosis.[5]
International career
In April 2010, Mitrović earned his only cap for Serbia, coming on as a substitute for Ljubomir Fejsa in a friendly against Japan, an eventual 3–0 success.
Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Super Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partizan | 2007–08 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Napredak | 2008–09 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 2009 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| Napredak | 2009–10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| Újpest | 2010–11 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 | ||
| Videoton | 2011–12 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 9 | |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2013–14 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| 2014–15 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Shanghai Shenxin | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bnei Yehuda | 2016–17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Anorthosis | 2016–17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 264 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 347 | 27 | |
Honours
- Partizan
- Videoton
- Ligakupa: 2011–12
- Szuperkupa: 2011, 2012
- Maccabi Tel Aviv
References
- ↑ "Mitrović novo pojačanje Partizana!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "MTA SIGN SERBIAN MIDFIELDER NIKOLA MITROVIC". maccabi-tlv.co.il. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "NIKOLA MITROVIC LEAVING". maccabi-tlv.co.il. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "בני יהודה: ניקולה מיטרוביץ' חתם לעונה עם אופציה לעונה נוספת" (in Hebrew). walla.co.il. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ανορθωσιάτης ο Νίκολα Μίτροβιτς (δηλώσεις)" (in Greek). anorthosisfc.com.cy. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "Mitrovic, Nikola" (in Hungarian). nela.hu. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "MITROVIC NIKOLA" (in Hungarian). mlsz.hu. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "מיטרוביץ' ניקולה" (in Hebrew). football.org.il. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nikola Mitrović. |
- Nikola Mitrović at Soccerway
- Nikola Mitrović at FootballDatabase.eu
- Nikola Mitrović – UEFA competition record
- Nikola Mitrović at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Nikola Mitrović at National-Football-Teams.com