Zoran Nižić

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Zoran Nižić
Zoran Nižić 2019.jpg
Nižić with Akhmat Grozny in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Akhmat Grozny
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2008 Zmaj Makarska
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Zmaj Makarska 30 (2)
2009–2012 FC Brussels 84 (2)
2012–2018 Hajduk Split 102 (8)
2018– Akhmat Grozny 70 (0)
National team‡
2017– Croatia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018

Zoran Nižić (Croatian pronunciation: [zǒran nǐːʒitɕ];[1][2] born 11 October 1989) is a Croatian football player who plays as centre back with FC Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Premier League.

Career[]

Nižić started his career at his hometown club HNK Zmaj Makarska, establishing himself early as a first team member at the Treća HNL Jug club. He secured himself a transfer abroad in 2009, aged just 19, to the Belgian Second Division side FC Brussels, where he would spend the next 3 seasons as a starter. After his contract ran out, Nižić returned to Croatia and trained for a few months with HNK Hajduk Split, before signing with them in late 2012.[3] He made his league debut for Hajduk on 16 February 2013, entering the game for the injured Matej Jonjić in a 2-0 away win against NK Slaven Belupo.[4]

In June 2018, Nižić was named in the Prva HNL team of the season for 2017-18.[5]

In August 2018, Nižić refused to play for Hajduk in both League and European matches, allegedly due to a fever; it was later revealed that Nižić refused to play for the squad due to frustrations towards the club management and its transfer policy towards him and the players. It was also revealed that he had a confrontation with a director of Hajduk, Saša Bjelanović, in the locker room, who eventually took away his role as a captain.[6] He was later transfer-listed by request.

On 27 August 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny.[7]

International career[]

In May 2018 he was named in Croatia’s preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia[8] but did not make the final 23.[9]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 12 December 2021[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brussels 2009–10 Belgian Second Division 32 0 0 0 – 32 0
2010–11 29 2 0 0 – 29 2
2011–12 23 0 0 0 – 23 0
Total 84 2 0 0 0 0 84 2
Hajduk Split 2012–13 Croatian First Football League 6 0 1 0 – 7 0
2013–14 12 0 3 0 0 0 15 0
2014–15 16 0 5 0 3 0 24 0
2015–16 16 2 2 0 7 1 25 3
2016–17 28 2 0 0 5 1 33 3
2017–18 23 3 4 1 6 0 33 4
2018–19 1 1 – 1 0 2 1
Total 102 8 15 1 22 2 139 11
Akhmat Grozny 2018–19 Russian Premier League 10 0 1 0 – 11 0
2019–20 21 0 1 0 – 22 0
2020–21 24 0 2 0 – 26 0
2021–22 15 0 1 0 – 16 0
Total 70 0 5 0 0 0 75 0
Career total 256 10 20 1 22 2 298 13

References[]

  1. ^ "zòra". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Zòran
  2. ^ "njȅžan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Nížić
  3. ^ Alfirević, Slaven (1 December 2012). "Mišo Krstičević: Mi radimo i treniramo svaku da pobijedimo; Zoran Nižić potpisao". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Kuban nudi 3,5 milijuna za Maloču!; Hajduk pobjednički u Koprivnici, puni Poljud čeka Dinama!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Najbolji hrvatski igrač je Luka Modrić, a HNL-a Hilal Soudani!". 24sata.hr. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  6. ^ "ZORAN NIŽIĆ PREKINUO ŠUTNJU 'Bjelanović se iživljavao na meni, unio mi se u lice, izvrijeđao me i osramotio ispred cijele svlačionice'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Нижич и Харин перешли в "Ахмат"" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 27 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Head coach Dalić presents 24-man Croatia squad". hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. ^ Zoran Nižić at Soccerway

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