Niko Havelka

{{Short description|Croatian footballer (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Niko Havelka

| image =

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|12|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Varaždin, Croatia

| height = 1.70 m

| position = Central midfielder

| currentclub = Omonia Aradippou

| clubnumber = 8

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| youthclubs1 = Varaždin

| years1 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Varaždin

| caps1 = 10

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2019

| clubs2 = → Podravina (loan)

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2020–2021

| clubs3 = Slaven Belupo

| caps3 = 4

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2021

| clubs4 = → Međimurje (loan)

| caps4 = 30

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2021–2022

| clubs5 = Onisilos Sotira

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2022–2023

| clubs6 = Bistrica

| caps6 = 30

| goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2023–

| clubs7 = Omonia Aradippou

| caps7 = 58

| goals7 = 1

| club-update = 25 June 2025

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Niko Havelka (born 17 December 1999) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Omonia Aradippou.

Club career

Havelka began his football career with local Varaždin making his senior debut for the side in May 2018, as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Hrvatski Dragovoljac in a Croatian Second Football League match.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/05/19/croatia/2-hnl/nk-hrvatski-dragovoljac/nk-varteks-varazdin/2760233/|title=HRVATSKI DRAGOVOLJAC VS. VARAŽDIN 0 - 1|website=int.soccerway.com|date=19 May 2018|accessdate=21 January 2022}} In August 2019, he joined Croatian Third Football League side Podravina on loan until the end of the year.{{cite web|url=https://evarazdin.hr/nasim-krajem/niko-havleka-krece-kroz-posudbu-u-podravinu-prema-prvoligaskom-sastavu-varazdina-379666/|title=Niko Havelka kreće kroz posudbu u Podravinu prema prvoligaškom sastavu Varaždina|website=evarazdin.hr|date=29 August 2019|accessdate=21 January 2022|language=Croatian}} After his return from loan, he joined Slaven Belupo on a permanent deal.{{cite web|url=https://evarazdin.hr/nasim-krajem/ante-mrmic-i-niko-havelka-napustili-nk-varazdin-382246/|title=Ante Mrmić i Niko Havelka napustili NK Varaždin|website=evarazdin.hr|date=10 January 2020|accessdate=21 January 2022|language=Croatian}} On 28 February 2020, Havelka made his professional debut in the Croatian First Football League as a substitute against his former side Varaždin.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/02/28/croatia/1-hnl/nk-slaven-koprivnica/nk-varteks-varazdin/3029928/|title=SLAVEN KOPRIVNICA VS. VARAŽDIN 0 - 0|website=Soccerway|date=28 February 2020|accessdate=21 January 2022}} In summer of 2020, he joined returned to the second division to join Međimurje on a season-long loan deal.{{cite web|url=https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/hnl/prva-hnl-nadomak-apsolutnog-rekorda-prodajama-zaradili-dvostruko-vise-nego-proslog-ljeta-15022229|title=PRVA HNL NADOMAK APSOLUTNOG REKORDA: PRODAJAMA ZARADILI DVOSTRUKO VIŠE NEGO PROŠLOG LJETA|website=sportske.jutarnji.hr|date=30 September 2020|accessdate=21 January 2022|language=Croatian}}

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