Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikola Petković | ||
Date of birth | 28 March 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Yanbian Funde | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Rad – Red Star Belgrade | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Radnički Pirot | 12 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Vojvodina | 36 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Gençlerbirliği | 6 | (0) |
2008 | → Hacettepe (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2008 | → Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | (0) |
2010 | → Tom Tomsk (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2011 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Red Star Belgrade | 23 | (0) |
2012 | → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Sydney FC | 54 | (0) |
2015–2016 | K.V.C. Westerlo | 15 | (1) |
2016– | Yanbian Funde | 22 | (3) |
National team | |||
2007–2009 | Serbia U21 | 13 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016. |
Nikola Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Петковић; born 28 March 1986) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Yanbian Funde in the Chinese Super League.
Petković began his career with FK Vojvodina with which he played excellently in the 2006-07 Serbian SuperLiga season. Foreign clubs became interested in his services and he subsequently signed for Gençlerbirliği S.K., where he got less playing time and was loaned to two different clubs. In the summer of 2009, he signed with Eintracht Frankfurt, but again only managed to play on an infrequent basis and was loaned out to FC Tom Tomsk and Al-Ahli (Jeddah) before coming to sign for Red Star Belgrade in 2011.
Petković signed a two-year contract with Red Star Belgrade on the last day of the summer 2011 transfer window.
On 19 September 2013, Sydney FC announced that they had completed their squad for the 2013/14 season by signing Petković on a 1-year deal. After completing the move, Sydney FC manager Frank Farina stated: "I am expecting big things from him this season and believe he will have a big influence on the squad." Petković made his debut for Sydney FC on the 11th October 2013 at home to Newcastle Jets where Sydney FC won 2–0.
On 8 October 2014, Petković, along with teammate Saša Ognenovski were appointed Sydney FC's vice-captains for the 2014–15 A-League season.
On the 24th of June, Petković signed with K.V.C. Westerlo due to homesickness. Despite being contracted until 2017, Petkovic terminated his contract in January 2016 for personal reasons.