Nikola Žigić
With Birmingham City in 2012 pre-season
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikola Žigić | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1998 | AIK Bačka Topola | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | AIK Bačka Topola | 76 | (68) |
| 2001–2002 | Mornar | 23 | (15) |
| 2002 | Kolubara | 8 | (3) |
| 2002–2006 | Red Star Belgrade | 79 | (47) |
| 2003 | → Spartak Subotica (loan) | 11 | (14) |
| 2006–2007 | Racing Santander | 32 | (11) |
| 2007–2010 | Valencia | 28 | (5) |
| 2009 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 19 | (13) |
| 2010–2014 | Birmingham City | 128 | (32) |
| 2014–2015 | Birmingham City | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 413 | (208) | |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2011 | Serbia | 57 | (20) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nikola Žigić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Жигић, IPA: [nǐkola ʒǐːɡit͡ɕ]; born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian international footballer who played as a centre forward.
Žigić was born in Bačka Topola, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia. He began playing football as a youngster with AIK Bačka Topola, and scored 68 goals from 76 first-team matches over a three-year period in the third tier of Yugoslav football. Military service took him to Bar in 2001, where he was able to continue his goalscoring career with the local second-level club Mornar. A brief spell back in the third tier with Kolubara preceded his turning professional with First League side Red Star Belgrade in 2002. He spent time on loan at third-tier Spartak Subotica before making his Red Star debut in 2003. Despite suggestions that his height, of 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1⁄2 in), made him better suited to sports other than football, Žigić ended the season as First League top scorer, domestic player of the year,league champion and scorer of the winning goal in the cup final. He won a second league–cup double in 2005–06, a second player of the year award, and finished his three-year Red Star career with 70 goals from 109 appearances in all competitions.
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