Jovan Nikolić (footballer, born 1991)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jovan Nikolić

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Jovan Nikolić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|7|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nikšić, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = {{Height|m=1.81}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Arsenal Tivat

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2008–2010

| years2 = 2010–2011

| years3 = 2011–2012

| years4 = 2012–2015

| years5 = 2015

| years6 = 2015–2016

| years7 = 2017

| years8 = 2018–2019

| years9 = 2020

| years10 = 2021–2022

| years11 = 2023

| years12 = 2023–2024

| years13 = 2024

| years14 = 2025–

| clubs1 = Budućnost

| clubs2 = Sutjeska Nikšić

| clubs3 = Hajduk Kula

| clubs4 = Sutjeska Nikšić

| clubs5 = Partizani Tirana

| clubs6 = Sutjeska Nikšić

| clubs7 = Akzhayik

| clubs8 = OFK Titograd

| clubs9 = Podgorica

| clubs10 = Dečić

| clubs11 = Sutjeska

| clubs12 = Voska Sport

| clubs13 = Igman Konjic

| clubs14 = Arsenal Tivat

| caps1 = 26

| caps2 = 13

| caps3 = 2

| caps4 = 71

| caps5 = 0

| caps6 = 32

| caps7 = 29

| caps8 = 66

| caps9 = 30

| caps10 = 45

| caps11 = 14

| caps12 = 31

| caps13 = 9

| caps14 = 7

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 3

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| goals14 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2011

| nationalteam1 = Montenegro U19

| nationalcaps1 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2010–2012

| nationalteam2 = Montenegro U21

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 2 April 2025

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Jovan Nikolić (Cyrillic: Joвaн Николић, born 21 July 1991) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Arsenal Tivat.{{Soccerway|39675}}

Club career

=Budućnost Podgorica=

He was part of the FK Budućnost Podgorica youth system and he made a debut for their senior squad in the 2008–09 Montenegrin First League. He played with them during the following two seasons, with the exception of the six-month loan to another Montenegrin top league club FK Sutjeska Nikšić during the 2010–11 season.[http://fscg.co.me/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=28&tid=19&pid=1328&Itemid=981 Jovan Nikolić] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331150156/http://fscg.co.me/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=28&tid=19&pid=1328&Itemid=981 |date=31 March 2012 }} at fscg.co.me While with Budućnost, he played in both 2009–10 and 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualification matches.

=Hajduk Kula=

In summer 2011 he moved to Serbia and signed with FK Hajduk Kula.[http://www.srbijafudbal.net/hajduk/nikolic_j.htm Jovan Nikolić] at Srbijafudbal He made his debut in the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga round 2 home match against FK BSK Borča on 21 August 2011.

=Sutjeska Nikšić=

During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, he returned to Montenegro and rejoined FK Sutjeska Nikšić.[https://int.soccerway.com/players/jovan-nikolic/39675/ Jovan Nikolić] at Soccerway

International career

Jovan Nikolić had been a regular member of the Montenegro national under-19 football team since 2009, and since 2010 he occasionally received calls for the Montenegro national under-21 football team.[http://fscg.co.me/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=28&tid=19&pid=1328&Itemid=981 NT data] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331150156/http://fscg.co.me/index.php?option=com_joomleague&view=player&p=28&tid=19&pid=1328&Itemid=981 |date=31 March 2012 }} at fscg.co.me