Jump to content

Darko Nikač

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Darko Nikač
Nikač with Montenegro in a friendly versus Iran in 2014
Personal information
Full name Darko Nikač
Date of birth (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Budućnost 101 (15)
2009–2010 → Mladost Podgorica (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2015 Grbalj 11 (6)
2015 Pune 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)
2020–2021 Gjilani 33 (9)
2021–2022 FK Sutjeska Nikšić 27 (7)
2022–2023 FK Iskra 33 (1)
2023–2024 FK Arsenal Tivat 24 (3)
International career
2013 Montenegro U21 4 (1)
2013–2014 Montenegro 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Darko Nikač (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Никач; born 15 May 1990) is a Montenegrin footballer who lastly played as a forward for Montenegrin side FK Arsenal Tivat.[1] He debuted for Montenegro's national team in 2013.

Club career

[edit]

Budućnost

[edit]

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.[2] In February 2014, Strømsgodset IF negotiated with Budućnost over Nikač,[3] but Nikač remained at Budućnost.

Pune

[edit]

Nikač signed for Indian I-League side Pune for the 2014-15 I-League.[4] He scored his first goal for the club, in a 9th-minute strike against Bengaluru FC.[5] 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.[6]

Return to Budućnost

[edit]

On June 26, 2015, it was announced that Nikač returned to Budućnost after one season in India.[6] 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.[6]

International career

[edit]

He received his first full international cap on 17 November 2013, coming on in the 78th minute in a friendly against Luxembourg.[7][8]

Career statistics

[edit]

Club

[edit]
As of 30 May 2015
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Budućnost Podgorica 2009–10[9] Montenegrin First League 10 1 — — — 10 1
2010–11[9] Montenegrin First League 21 1 2 0 — 1[a] 0 — 24 1
2011–12[9] Montenegrin First League 17 4 0 0 — 1[a] 0 — 18 4
2012–13[9] Montenegrin First League 26 5 5 2 — 1[b] 0 — 32 7
2013–14[9] Montenegrin First League 27 4 0 0 — — — 27 4
Total 101 15 7 2 — 3 0 — 111 17
Grbalj 2014–15[9] Montenegrin First League 11 6 2 0 — — — 13 6
Pune 2014–15[9] I-League 16 5 0 0 — — — 16 5
Career total 128 26 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 140 28
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Darko Nikač at Soccerway
  2. ^ [1] Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine Reprezentacija.me: Nikač blizu Vila (in Serbian) 21 June 2013
  3. ^ [2] Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Mitrović, Danilo. Vijesti: Nikač blizu Norveške (in Serbian) 13 February 2014
  4. ^ "Hero I-League | Pune FC Announce Marquee Player Signing". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Bengaluru FC vs Pune FC". Goal. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Danilo Mitrović (26 June 2015). "Nikač se vratio, blizu potpisa je i Golubović" (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ LUXEMBOURG VS. MONTENEGRO 1 - 4, Soccerway, archived from the original on 10 September 2018, retrieved 20 February 2018
  8. ^ Player's profile Archived 8 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, eu-football.info
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "D. Nikač". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

External sources

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darko_Nikač&oldid=1251414570"