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Nikola Jerkan (born 8 December 1964) is a former football defender from Croatia.

Nikola Jerkan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1964-12-08) 8 December 1964 (age 57)
Place of birth	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1986	NK Zagreb	19	(0)
1986–1988	Dinamo Vinkovci	56	(2)
1988–1990	Hajduk Split	64	(1)
1990–1996	Real Oviedo	203	(1)
1996–1999	Nottingham Forest	14	(0)
1997–1998	→ Rapid Wien (loan)	21	(0)
1999–2000	Charleroi	36	(0)
Total		413	(4)
National team
1992–1997	Croatia	31	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jerkan was born in Split and started playing football professionally for NK Zagreb.

Playing career

Club

He started his career in youth ranks of Junak Sinj. In 1982 he moved to NK Zagreb where he played until 1986.[1] Then, he moved to Dinamo Vinkovci where he would spend two years before moving to Hajduk Split in 1988.[2] [3] Immediately he started playing for the first team and played two seasons before he moved to Real Oviedo in Spain in 1990. In 1991, in his second season there, he was selected for the best defender of La Liga.

Jerkan joined Nottingham Forest in the summer of 1996 for a fee of £1million. Jerkan's time at Nottingham Forest was disappointing.[4] He struggled to hold down a first-team place and after the departures of Frank Clark and Stuart Pearce, never hit it off with new manager Dave Bassett.

He went on a year-long loan to Rapid Vienna of Austria at the start of the 1997-98 season and was never seen in the English game again. He spent the 1998/99 season at the City Ground but played no games.

In 1999, he moved Charleroi where he played during the next two seasons, and then retired. He then moved to live in Oviedo.

International

Jerkan made his debut for Croatia in a July 1992 friendly match away against Australia and attained 31 caps, scoring one goal[5] (against Lithuania in Zagreb during the qualifications for Euro 96). He played three games at the Euro 96 and was at that point established in the centre of the Croatian defence. His final international was a June 1997 Kirin Cup match against Turkey.[6]

Managerial career

Jerkan managed Real Avilés B for two seasons, securing the club's first ever promotion to the Tercera División (fourth tier).[7] He also was assistant manager to Zlatko Dalić for Croatia at UEFA Euro 2020.[8]

Honours

Orders

• Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995[9]

References

External links

• Nikola Jerkan – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Nikola Jerkan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Nikola Jerkan at the Croatian Football Federation
• Nikola Jerkan at BDFutbol

На других языках

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- [en] Nikola Jerkan

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[fr] Nikola Jerkan

Nikola Jerkan est un footballeur international croate né le 8 décembre 1964 à Split. Il évoluait au poste de défenseur.

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[it] Nikola Jerkan

Nikola Jerkan (Spalato, 8 dicembre 1964) è un ex calciatore croato, di ruolo difensore.

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[ru] Еркан, Никола

Ни́кола Е́ркан[3] (хорв. Nikola Jerkan; 8 декабря 1964, Сплит, СФР Югославия) — хорватский футболист, играл на позиции защитника. Принимал участие в чемпионате Европы по футболу 1996 года.

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