Nikola Ignjatijević

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

Nikola Ignjatijević
Ignjatijević with Javor in 2008
Personal information
Full name Nikola Ignjatijević
Date of birth (1983-12-12) 12 December 1983
Place of birth Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2018

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.

References
  1. "Nikola Ignjatijević" (player profile). Liga 1. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. "Фудбалери Рада отпутовали у Анталију". FK Rad official website (in Serbian). 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  3. "Nikola Ignjatijević signed with Poli". Politehnica Timişoara. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  4. "Nikola speaks about Poli". ProSport. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
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