Nikola Eskić (, born 19 December 1997) is a Bosnian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for Al-Shabab

Club career

As a youth player, Eskić joined

FK Vlasenica Fudbalski klub Vlasenica () is a football club from Vlasenica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competed in the First League of the Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( / ) is a Association football, foo ...

from football club Milići in summer 2014. He was playing with

in the first half of the 2015–16

First League of Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( / ) is a football league in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Together with the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it forms the second level of football in Bosnia and Herz ...

. In the winter-break, he had 6 goals scored in the league and he became member of the youth team of the

Republika Srpska official football team The Republika Srpska football team () is the official team of Republika Srpska, an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. The football team was formed in 1992, following the creation of Republka Srpska as a ...

, and as such, he moved to Zvijezda 09. He played with Zvijezda 09 in the first half of the 2016–17

(14 appearances, Bosnian second-level. During winter-break, he joined Serbian team

FK Napredak Kruševac Fudbalski klub Napredak Kruševac (), commonly known as Napredak Kruševac, is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Kruševac. The word ''Napredak'' means "progress" in Serbian. The club's nickname is the Čarapani which ...

International career

On 17 May 2018 he received a call for the

Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national football team is made up by players who are 21 years old or younger and represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international football matches at this age level. The national U21 team has never qualified for a ma ...

. and he debuted in a friendly game against Albania played on 28 May 2018, a 2–0 away win.The BH U-21 team better than Albania
at nfsbih.ba, 28-6-2018

References

1997 births Living people Footballers from Bijeljina Men's association football midfielders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers FK Vlasenica players FK Zvijezda 09 players FK Napredak Kruševac players OFK Bačka players FK Bregalnica Štip players First League of the Republika Srpska players Serbian SuperLiga players Macedonian First Football League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-midfielder-stub