Nikola Sekulov
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikola Sekulov | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Piacenza, Italy | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus U23 | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2012 | Piacenza | ||
2012–2015 | Parma | ||
2015–2016 | Pro Piacenza | ||
2016– | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Juventus U23 | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Macedonia U17 | 2 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Italy U17 | 10 | (0) |
2019– | Italy U18 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:44, 12 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2020 |
Nikola Sekulov (Macedonian: Никола Секулов; born 18 February 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Juventus U23. Born in Italy to Macedonian parents, Sekulov represented Macedonia internationally at youth level, before switching to Italy in 2018.
Club career
Born in Piacenza, Italy, to Macedonian parents, Sekulov began his youth career at Piacenza in 2007, remaining there until 2012 when he moved to Parma.[1] In 2015 he joined Pro Piacenza, before moving to Juventus in 2016.[1]
Sekulov made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23, the reserve team of Juventus, on 28 October 2020, in a 2–1 defeat to Como.[2]
International career
Sekulov represented Macedonia internationally at youth level until the under-17s, switching allegiance to Italy in 2018.[1] He represented the under-17s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, reaching the final of the competition where Italy lost to the Netherlands.[3]
Style of play
A half-winger (Italian: mezzala), Sekulov has been likened to former Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio for his technical qualities, movements, and height.[3]
Honours
International
Italy U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2019[3]
References
- ^ a b c Attanasio, Christian (3 July 2020). "Juve Primavera: Nikola Sekulov, il talento dai Balcani tra bianconeri e Italia". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Nikola Sekulov at Soccerway
- ^ a b c "Nikola Sekulov, l'azzurro dei Balcani fa faville con Juve e Under - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
External links
- Nikola Sekulov at Soccerway
- Nikola Sekulov at Global Sports Archive
- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Piacenza
- Sportspeople from Emilia-Romagna
- Italian footballers
- Italy youth international footballers
- Macedonian footballers
- North Macedonia youth international footballers
- Italian people of Macedonian descent
- Association football midfielders
- Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- A.S. Pro Piacenza 1919 players
- Juventus F.C. players
- Serie C players
- Juventus F.C. Under-23 players
- Italian football midfielder stubs
- Macedonian football biography stubs