Danijel Nizic

Danijel Nizic (Croatian: Danijel Nižić, pronounced [dǎnijel nǐːʒitɕ]; born 15 March 1995) is an Australian professional footballer who is a goalkeeper who plays for Sydney United.

Danijel Nizic
Personal information
Full name Danijel Nizic[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995[2]
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sydney United
Youth career
0000–2013 Sydney FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Burnley 0 (0)
2014 → Workington (loan) 11 (0)
2014 → Chorley (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2018 Morecambe 12 (0)
2018–2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (0)
2020– Sydney United 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 Australia U-20 2 (0)
2017 Australia U-23 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2018

Club career

Nizic was born in Sydney, New South Wales to Australian and Croatian parents.[3] He started his career with local side Sydney FC, before going on trial in 2012 with League One side Portsmouth.[3] He spent a year with the side on trial but was unable to complete a permanent move to the club due to work permit issues.[3] In July 2013, he signed for Championship side Burnley on a two-year contract after securing a work permit, also becoming fourth goalkeeper to sign for the club in the summer.[4]

In January 2014, he joined Conference North side Workington on an initial one-month loan along with Kyle Brownhill.[5]

In October 2015, he joined League One side Crewe Alexandra on loan,[6] making his debut for the club in an FA Cup first round tie against non-league Eastleigh. After first choice keeper Ben Garratt had been sent off, Nizic came on as a 64th-minute substitute.[7]

In April 2016, it was announced that Nizic was to leave Burnley at the end of the season after his contract was not renewed.[8]

In July 2016 Nizic signed for League Two side Morecambe, after a spell on trial at the club.[9] Nizic left Morecambe in May 2018, citing an intention to return to Australia.[10]

He joined A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers on 4 July 2018.[11] In November 2019, it was announced that Nizic had been released from the Wanderers, having made one league and four cup appearances.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Workington (loan) 2013–14[13] Conference North 110———110
Chorley (loan) 2014–15[13] Conference North 2020——40
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2015–16[13] League One 0010——10
Morecambe 2016–17[13] League Two 5000004[lower-alpha 1]090
2017–18[13] League Two 2000103[lower-alpha 1]060
Morecambe total 70001070150
Career total 200301070270
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Barclays Premier League: notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). Premier League. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. "Burnley FootballSquads". Football Squads. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. "Goalkeeper Nizic signs". Claretsmad. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. "Burnley sign goalkeeper Daniel Nizic on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. "Burnley pair join Workington AFC on loan". Burnley Express. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. "Danijel Nizic: Burnley loan keeper to Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  7. "Crewe Alexandra: Steve Davis questions Daniel Nizic ". BBC Sport. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  8. Boden, Chris (13 April 2016). "New deals for trio as three depart Turf Moor". Burnley Express. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  9. "Morecambe: Ex-Burnley keeper Daniel Nizic and Liverpool's Jack Dunn sign". BBC Sport. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  10. "Dan Nizic: Morecambe goalkeeper will move back to Australia". BBC Sport. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  11. "Wanderers secure keepers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 July 2018.
  12. "Wanderers release young keeper Nizic". A-League. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  13. "D. Nizic". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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