Vedran Nikšić (born 5 May 1987) is a Croatian football striker, who plays for fifth-tier NK Tomislav Livana.

Club career

Nikšić started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

. He made his debut for the first team against Cibalia on 11 March 2006, in the 22nd round of 2005–06 season. He was sidelined for the most part of the following season due to

cruciate ligament Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint, wrist joint and the atlanto-axial joint. In a fashion similar to the cords in ...

injury. He managed to return for the second part of the season, and scored his first goal in

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

in a 2–2 home draw against Cibalia. At the start of 2007–08 season, Nikšić scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over Međimurje. He scored five more goals that year, before he again sustained cruciate ligament injury during the preparations for the second part of the season. He was out of action for a year and returned in spring 2009, scoring two goals in nine matches. In January 2011, Nikšić didn't agree on terms of his contract extension and joined Győri ETO as a free player, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract. After playing in only three games, his contract was terminated and on the last day of August 2011, Nikšić was signed by

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian football club based in the capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of Croatian footbal ...

. Nikšić went on to participate in 7 matches, scoring a single goal, before fading out for good from the first team. His 4-season contract was annulled in the summer of 2013, with reports of the club owing him a substantial amount of money, and has remained a free agent since (as of October 2014).ĆIRO ODLAZI, BANDIĆ NOVI GOSPODAR MEDIĆEVE SUDBINE Budućnost Zagreba nakon ispadanja
at

Jutarnji List () is a Croatian daily newspaper based in Zagreb. It was published on 6 April 1998 by EPH (Europapress holding, owned by Ninoslav Pavić), which eventually changed its name in Hanza Media after being bought by Marijan Hanžeković. The newspap ...

Career stats

Last updated on 13 January 2012

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Niksic, Vedran 1987 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Osijek players Győri ETO FC players NK Zagreb players Croatian Football League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary 21st-century Croatian sportsmen