Žarko Nikolić
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-10-16)16 October 1936
Place of birth Novi Sad, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 22 August 2011(2011-08-22) (aged 74)
Place of death Novi Sad, Serbia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1952–1954 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1966 Vojvodina 226 (12)
1966–1968 Schalke 04 11 (0)
1968 Vojvodina 1 (0)
Total 238 (12)
International career
1959–1961 Yugoslavia 9 (0)
Medal record
Gold medal – first placeOlympic Games1960
Silver medal – second placeEuropean Nations' Cup1960
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Žarko Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Николић; 16 October 1936 – 22 August 2011) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a defender.[1][2]

Career

Born in Novi Sad, Nikolić played for Vojvodina from 1954 to 1966, amassing over 200 appearances in the Yugoslav First League and helping them win the championship in the 1965–66 season. He subsequently moved abroad to Germany and joined Schalke 04, spending two seasons at the club. Before retiring from the game, Nikolić had a brief second spell with Vojvodina.

At international level, Nikolić was capped nine times for Yugoslavia. He represented his country at one European Nations' Cup (finishing runner-up in 1960) and one World Cup (1962). Nikolić was also a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[3]

Honours

Club

Vojvodina

International

Yugoslavia

References

  1. ↑ "Nikolić Žarko" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preminuo kapiten Vošine šampionske generacije Žarko Nikolić" (in Serbian). blic.rs. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Žarko Nikolić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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