Nikola Ignjatijević

Nikola Ignjatijević

Ignjatijević with Javor in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Nikola Ignjatijević
Date of birth	(1983-12-12) 12 December 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth	Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
–2002	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 Timişoara (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)
Honours Red Star Belgrade Runner-up SuperLiga 2010 Politehnica Timişoara Runner-up Liga I 2011
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2018

Nikola Ignjatijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Игњатијевић; born 12 December 1983) is a Serbian footballer who plays as left back, most recently for Rad.^[2]

Club career[]

Red Star Belgrade[]

Nikola 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 on 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 Zlatibor. 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[]

On 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[]

In 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.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nikola Ignjatijević.

• Nikola Ignjatijević Biography and Stats on Liga1 homepage
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• Nikola Ignjatijević at Soccerway