Nikola Ignjatijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Игњатијевић; born 12 December 1983) is a Serbian former footballer who played as left back.[2]
 Ignjatijević with Javor in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikola Ignjatijević | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Jedinstvo Ub | 81 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Javor Ivanjica | 26 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Zemun | 23 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Napredak Kruševac | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Javor Ivanjica | 40 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Red Star Belgrade | 28 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Politehnica Timișoara (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Zorya Luhansk | 64 | (0) |
| 2015 | Radnički Niš | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | OFK Beograd | 13 | (1) |
| 2016 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 22 | (0) |
| 2017 | Borac Čačak | 20 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Rad | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 361 | (9) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editRed Star Belgrade
editNikola signed with his former youth club in 2009. On 16 July 2009 he made his European dream debut against NK Rudar Velenje. Red Star won 1-0 .On 15 August 2009 he made his SuperLiga debut for Red Star against FK Jagodina at Stadion FK Jagodina in 3-0 won. He assisted Slavko Perović on 12 December 2009, even on his birthday, in 5-2 won against FK Spartak Subotica. He scored his first goal for Red Star in 1-0 win against FK Jagodina on 27 February 2010. Ignjatijević scored again for Red Star next week against FK Rad in 2-1 away won. He scored the winning goal like last week.
Loan to Politehnica Timișoara
editOn 17 January 2011 Ignjatijević was loaned out at Romanian giants FC Politehnica Timișoara.[3] He signed a contract until the summer with option to buy him from Red Star at end of the season. He was presented on press conference along his new-team mates Sergei Lepmets, Sorin Ghionea and Andrei Zăgrean and he said: "I came to a very ambitious club, very well organized, eager for success and in next 6 months we expect victories to win Liga 1".[4] On 16 June 2011 his contract expired and he returned to Red Star Belgrade after making a good impression in Liga 1.
Zorya
editIn 2012, Red Star was in the process of rebuilding the entire team and Ignjatijević transferred to Zorya Luhansk. He immediately made an impact in the team, consistently having a spot in Zorya's starting XI.
References
edit- ^ "Nikola Ignjatijević". Liga 1. Archived from the original (player profile) on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "Фудбалери Рада отпутовали у Анталију". FK Rad official website (in Serbian). 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Nikola Ignjatijević signed with Poli". Politehnica Timişoara. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Nikola speaks about Poli". ProSport. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
External links
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- Nikola Ignjatijević Biography and Stats on Liga1 homepage Archived 2017-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Nikola Ignjatijević Stats at Utakmica.rs
- Nikola Ignjatijević at Soccerway