Nikola Gavrić (; born 17 March 1995), is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Besa.

Club career

Born in

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, Gavrić played in the youth team of local side

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by Elvis Uravic, at istrasport.eu, 31-8-2017, retrieved 23-9-2018 before signing his first professional contract when he was 18, with Serbian side

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. After a year playing for the youth and B teams of Vojvodina, he moved to Italy and played with F.C. Francavilla in the first half of the

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. During the winter-break he returned to Croatia and joined

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. He was part of the team that won the 2015–16 Croatian Third League–West and playing subsequently in the

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, scoring once in 35 league games for the club overall.Nikola Gavric
at footballdatabase.eu Then he played with

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in the

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and after a year in Malta, he moved to Serbia, this time signing with

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and playing in the

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.Nikola Gavric profile
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Honours

;Novigrad * Treća NL – West: 2015–16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gavric, Nikola 1995 births Living people Footballers from Pula Serbs of Croatia Croatian people of Serbian descent Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen ASD Francavilla players NK Novigrad players Sliema Wanderers F.C. players GFK Sloboda Užice players FK Borec players NK Sesvete players NK Opatija players NK Jadran Poreč players ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu players Serie D players Second Football League (Croatia) players Maltese Premier League players Serbian First League players Macedonian First Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Liga II players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania