Darko Nikač
![]() Nikač with Montenegro in a friendly versus Iran in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darko Nikač | ||
Date of birth | 15 September 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Titograd, Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gjilani | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2014 | Budućnost | 101 | (15) |
2009–2010 | → Mladost Podgorica (loan) | ||
2014–2015 | Grbalj | 11 | (6) |
2015 | Pune F.C | 16 | (5) |
2015–2016 | Budućnost | 16 | (10) |
2016–2017 | MTK Budapest | 18 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Budućnost | 46 | (12) |
2018 | Navbahor Namangan | 11 | (2) |
2019 | Iskra Danilovgrad | 17 | (12) |
2019–2020 | Teuta Durrës | 17 | (1) |
2020– | Gjilani | 8 | (2) |
International career | |||
2013 | Montenegro U21 | 4 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Montenegro | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 30 July 2019 (UTC) |
Darko Nikač (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Никач; born 15 May 1990) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a forward for Kosovan side Gjilani. He debuted for Montenegro's national team in 2013.
Club career
Budućnost
Nikač made his professional debut with Budućnost in the 2009–10 season. In the summer of 2013, he was in negotiations for a transfer to FC Wil 1900.[1] In February 2014, Strømsgodset IF negotiated with Budućnost over Nikač,[2] but Nikač remained at Budućnost.
Pune
Nikač signed for Indian I-League side Pune for the 2014-15 I-League.[3] He scored his first goal for the club, in a 9th-minute strike against Bengaluru FC.[4] He then scored against Shillong Lajong in a 5-2 Win. By the end of the season, Nikač scored five goals in 16 games for Pune.[5]
Return to Budućnost
On June 26, 2015, it was announced that Nikač returned to Budućnost after one season in India.[5] According to Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti, Nikač's new contract with Budućnost might be as short as six months, but the details were not disclosed as of June 2015.[5]
International career
He received his first full international cap on 17 November 2013, coming on in the 78th minute in a friendly against Luxembourg.[6][7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 30 May 2015
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Budućnost Podgorica | 2009–10[8] | Montenegrin First League | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||||
2010–11[8] | Montenegrin First League | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
2011–12[8] | Montenegrin First League | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 18 | 4 | |||
2012–13[8] | Montenegrin First League | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | 1[b] | 0 | — | 32 | 7 | |||
2013–14[8] | Montenegrin First League | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||||
Total | 101 | 15 | 7 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 111 | 17 | ||||
Grbalj | 2014–15[8] | Montenegrin First League | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 6 | |||
Pune | 2014–15[8] | I-League | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 5 | |||
Career total | 128 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 28 |
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
- ^ [1] Reprezentacija.me: Nikač blizu Vila (in Serbian) 21 June 2013
- ^ [2] Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Mitrović, Danilo. Vijesti: Nikač blizu Norveške (in Serbian) 13 February 2014
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bengaluru FC vs Pune FC". Goal. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Danilo Mitrović (26 June 2015). "Nikač se vratio, blizu potpisa je i Golubović" (in Serbian).
- ^ LUXEMBOURG VS. MONTENEGRO 1 - 4, Soccerway
- ^ Player's profile, eu-football.info
- ^ a b c d e f g "D. Nikač". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
External sources
- Darko Nikač at National-Football-Teams.com
- Darko Nikač at Soccerway
- Darko Nikač at FootballDatabase.eu
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Podgorica
- Association football forwards
- Montenegrin footballers
- Montenegro under-21 international footballers
- Montenegro international footballers
- FK Budućnost Podgorica players
- OFK Titograd players
- OFK Grbalj players
- Pune F.C. players
- MTK Budapest FC players
- Navbahor Namangan players
- FK Iskra Danilovgrad players
- KF Teuta Durrës players
- SC Gjilani players
- Montenegrin First League players
- Montenegrin Second League players
- I-League players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Uzbekistan Super League players
- Albanian Superliga players
- Football Superleague of Kosovo players
- Montenegrin expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in India
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in India
- Expatriate footballers in Hungary
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
- Expatriate footballers in Albania
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Albania
- Expatriate footballers in Kosovo
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo