Nikola Stevanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Стевановић; born 13 September 1998) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for German club FC Ingolstadt.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Niš, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Ingolstadt | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Naša krila Belotinac | |||
| Filip Filipović | |||
| 2009–2017 | Radnički Niš | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2022 | Radnički Niš | 80 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | → Dinamo Vranje (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2022– | FC Ingolstadt | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016 | Serbia U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021– | Serbia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:26, 25 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
Born in Niš,[2] Stevanović started training football with Naša krila Belotinac and later spent some period in the "Filip Filipović" youth school. He joined youth categories of Radnički Niš at the age of 11. As a member of youth squad, Stevanović joined the first team under coach Milan Rastavac for the spring half of 2015–16 season.[3] He noted his senior debut in the Serbian Cup match against Partizan,[4] played on 2 March 2016. Later, he also made SuperLiga in 29 fixture match against Vojvodina.[5] Stevanović signed his first three-year professional contract with Radnički Niš on 19 July 2016.[6] In summer 2018, Stevanović moved on a six-month loan to Dinamo Vranje.[7]
On 10 January 2022, Stevanović moved to FC Ingolstadt in German 2. Bundesliga.[8]
Stevanović was invited in Serbia under-18 national team squad in March 2016 under coach Milan Kosanović.[9] He noted 4 appearances for the team.[10] He had also been called in Serbian under-19 level in October same year.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Radnički Niš | 2015–16 | SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| Dinamo Vranje (loan) | 2018–19 | SuperLiga | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 48 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 51 | 1 | |||
FC Ingolstadt 04 – current squad | |
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