Novica Eraković
{{short description|Montenegrin footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Novica Eraković
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nikšić, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
| height = 1.87 m
| position = Central Midfielder
| currentclub = Omonia
| clubnumber = 80
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Sutjeska
| years1 = 2018–2023
| clubs1 = Sutjeska
| caps1 = 107
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2018–2019
| clubs2 = → Lovćen (loan)
| caps2 = 30
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Omonia
| caps3 = 27
| goals3 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2020
| nationalteam1 = Montenegro U21
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = Montenegro
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 24 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 06:23, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
}}
Novica Eraković (Cyrillic: Новица Ераковић; born 16 March 1999) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Omonia and the Montenegro national team.
Club career
Eraković is a youth product of Sutjeska, and began his senior career on loan with Lovćen in the Montenegrin First League for the 2018–19 season. He extended his contract with the club on 10 March 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://sportklub.rs/fudbal/crna-gora-fudbal/sutjeska-se-vec-pojacava-novica-erakovic-produzio-ugovor/|title=Sutjeska se već pojačava – Novica Eraković produžio ugovor|date=March 10, 2022|website=Sportklub}} He helped Sutjeska win the 2021–22 Montenegrin First League, and was named into the league's team of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dan.co.me/sport/fudbal/balsa-sekulic-igrac-sezone-5121817|title=ДАН - Балша Секулић играч сезоне|date=May 27, 2022|website=www.dan.co.me}}
After winning the 2022–23 Montenegrin Cup with Sutjeska, he joined Cypriot club Omonia on a free transfer in June 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-29 |title=Ομόνοια: Εράκοβιτς και με βούλα ο πρώτος! {{!}} Goal News Cy |url=https://goal.philenews.com/podosfero/kypros/a-katigoria/omonoia/omonoia-erakovits-kai-me-voula-o-protos/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |language=el}} His official debut was postponed for a full year due to a cruciate ligament rupture he suffered in pre-season.
International career
Eraković is a youth international for Montenegro, having played for the Montenegro U21s. He received his first callup to the senior Montenegro national team for a set of friendlies in March 2022. He debuted in a 1–0 friendly loss to Armenia on 23 March 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vijesti.me/sport/fudbal/597639/novica-erakovic-nije-ocekivao-poziv-a-sada-se-o-njemu-prica-vanredne|title=Novica Eraković: Nije očekivao poziv, a sada se o njemu priča|website=vijesti.me}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 1 August 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Lovćen (loan)
|rowspan="5"|Montenegrin First League |30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Sutjeska
|20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21
|26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23
|33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!107 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 122 | 9 | ||
| rowspan="3" |Omonia
| rowspan="2" |Cypriot First Division |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | ||||||||||
| 2024–25
|0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |2 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!0 !0 !0 !0 !0 !0 !0 !0 !2 !0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!137 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 9 |
Honours
Sutjeska
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|novica-erakovic/488156}}
- {{NFT|86923}}
- [https://fscg.me/en/players/novica-erakovic-101796/ FSCG Profile]
{{AC Omonia squad}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Erakovic, Novica}}
Category:Footballers from Nikšić
Category:Montenegrin men's footballers
Category:Montenegro men's international footballers
Category:Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FK Sutjeska Nikšić players