Nikola Mijailović (footballer)

Nikola Mijailović

Mijailović with Amkar Perm in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-02-15) 15 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back, left wing-back
Youth career
	Bežanija
	Obilić
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Zemun	0	(0)
1999–2003	Železnik	48	(2)
2000–2001	→ Sremčica (loan)	50	(10)
2004–2007	Wisła Kraków	58	(1)
2008	FC Khimki	5	(0)
2008	Red Star Belgrade	8	(0)
2009–2011	Korona Kielce	34	(0)
2011–2013	Amkar Perm	53	(2)
2013–2015	Red Star Belgrade	40	(2)
Total		298	(17)
International career
2002–2004	Serbia and Montenegro U21	16	(1)
2016–	Serbia (beach soccer)	3	(1)
Medal record Representing  Serbia and Montenegro UEFA Euro Under-21 Runner-up 2004 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nikola Mijailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Мијаиловић; born 15 February 1982) is a Serbian former professional footballer.

Club career

Amkar Perm

In 2011 Mijailović joined FC Amkar Perm, where coach Rashid Rakhimov frequently played him as defensive midfielder. When Miodrag Božović became Amkar's new coach, Mijailović moved to the left-back position. Mijailović played a total of 53 league games, in which he scored a total of two goals for Amkar.

Return to Red Star Belgrade

After five years of playing professional football in Poland and Russia, before which Mijailović played for Red Star, Red Star Belgrade was looking to bring back veterans from across borders. On 26 June 2013 Mijailović signed for Red Star Belgrade on a one-year contract. In 2015, he got suspended because of anonymous mails to Red Star Belgrade, in every letter first pasus formed this name – "Nikola Džoni" which is his nickname.^[1]

International career

He was part of the Serbia and Montenegro under-21 team which were runners-up at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Mijalović plays as captain for the Serbia national beach soccer team. As a defender he could achieve his first goal at the 2016 Euro Beach Soccer League Division B game against Moldova.^[2]

Honours

Wisła Kraków^[3]

• Ekstraklasa: 2003–04, 2004–05

Red Star

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2013–14^[3]

References

1. Tanjug: Mijailović se vratio u Crvenu zvezdu (in Serbian). June 26, 2013.
2. "Пляжный футбол в России и мире".
3. "Nikola Mijailović". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External sources

• Nikola Mijailović at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Profile at Srbijafudbal