Aris Nukić (born 21 December 1993) is a German former professional footballer who played as a

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attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Nukić lasted played for

FK Olimpic Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo ( en, Football Club Olimpik Sarajevo), commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be ...

where he played a part in claiming the first ever

Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out Football (soccer), football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herze ...

in the club's history.

Early life

Nukic was born in Tübingen, Germany, on 21 December 1993 to Bosnian parents. Nukić began playing at the age of five after his parents immigrated to the United States. While growing up in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, whic ...

, Nukić attended

Lindenwood University Lindenwood University is a private university in St. Charles, Missouri. Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley as The Lindenwood School for Girls, it is the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Missis ...

, where he received

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ...

First Team All-American honors as a sophomore. The All-American honor was the first in the program's history at the NCAA level.

Professional

Nukić signed for

FK Olimpik Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Olimpik Sarajevo ( en, Football Club Olimpik Sarajevo), commonly referred to as just Olimpik, was a professional football club from Sarajevo, based in the part of the city which is called Otoka. Being one of the first teams to be ...

in June 2014. Nukić was a part of the historic first ever

Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

winning team in 2015.

References

FK Olimpik players Lindenwood University alumni American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Bosnian-American culture in Missouri 1993 births Sportspeople from Tübingen Footballers from Tübingen (region) Lindenwood Lions men's soccer players Soccer players from St. Louis Living people Men's association football forwards American men's soccer players German emigrants to the United States 21st-century American sportsmen {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-forward-stub