Nikola Drinčić

Nikola Drinčić

Drinčić playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015
Personal information
Full name Nikola Drinčić
Date of birth (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Rad
Number 16
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Teleoptik 21 (0)
2004–2006 Partizan 4 (0)
2004–2005Spartak Subotica (loan) 18 (1)
2005–2006Budućnost Banatski Dvor (loan) 28 (9)
2006 Gaziantepspor 15 (1)
2007–2009 Amkar Perm 81 (4)
2010 Spartak Moscow 4 (0)
2011–2013 Krasnodar 57 (3)
2013–2015 Partizan 36 (5)
2015–2016 Maccabi Haifa 13 (0)
2016– Rad 13 (0)
National team
2000 FR Yugoslavia U16[1] 2 (0)
2001 FR Yugoslavia U19[1] 1 (0)
2006–2007 Serbia U21 11 (0)
2007–2014 Montenegro 33 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2016.


Nikola Drinčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Дринчић; born 7 September 1984) is a professional footballer, who plays for Rad as a central or defensive midfielder. In the course of his career he played for two national selections; after playing for Serbia's national under-21 team, Drinčić represented Montenegro at senior level.

Club career

After spending his development years in Partizan's youth academy, Drinčić joined their affiliated side Teleoptik. He signed a professional contract with Partizan in March 2004, making four league appearances until the end of the 2003–04 season. In the following two seasons, Drinčić played on loan at Spartak Subotica and Budućnost Banatski Dvor, having a very successful stint with the latter, scoring nine goals in 28 league appearances in the 2005–06 season.

In the summer of 2006, Drinčić was sold to Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantepspor. He left the country after only six months, transferring to Russian club Amkar Perm. Drinčić made 81 league appearances and scored four goals during his three-year tenure with the club.

In January 2010, Drinčić joined Spartak Moscow on a free transfer.[2] However, just two weeks after joining the club, he broke his shine-bone in a friendly and had to take a half-year break from football.[3] Drinčić never was able to break into the starting eleven and only amassed four league appearances for the club, before being transferred to Krasnodar for a sum of €500.000.

In February 2011, Drinčić signed a contract with Krasnodar,[4] making 57 league appearances and scoring three goals in the following two and a half years. He was released from his contract on 2 September 2013.[5]

On 20 December 2013, Drinčić joined his former club Partizan on a free transfer, penning a three-year contract. He made 13 league appearances and scored three goals during the second part of the 2013–14 season.

In 2015 he signed a contract with Maccabi Haifa. In 2016 he decided to retire, but soonly after that he after that he signed to Rad

International career

Drinčić with Montenegro in 2012

Drinčić was a regular member of the Serbian national under-21 team, making his debut in August 2006. He also participated at the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship in the Netherlands, winning the silver medal after losing to the hosts in the final.

Despite representing Serbia at youth level, Drinčić eventually chose to play for Montenegro on the senior level, believing he would get more playing time.[6] He made his debut for the Montenegrin national team in a friendly match with Sweden in September 2007.

Honours

Club

Partizan

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 March 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partizan 2013–14 1330000133
2014–15 21240100352
Total 34540100485

International

Montenegro national team
YearAppsGoals
200720
200871
200990
201000
201160
201252
201330
201410
Total333

International goals

Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 May 2008 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica  Kazakhstan 2–0 3–0 Friendly
2 25 May 2012 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels  Belgium 2–2 2–2 Friendly
3 7 September 2012 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica  Poland 1–1 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying

References

  1. 1 2 Only official UEFA matches included
  2. "Nikola Drinčić u Spartaku iz Moskve" (in Serbian). b92.net. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. "Blow for Spartak as new boy Drincic breaks leg". espnfc.com. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  4. "Nikola Drinčić u Krasnodaru" (in Montenegrin). vijesti.me. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. Никола Дринчич покидает "Краснодар" (in Russian). fckrasnodar.ru. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. "Drinčić otkrio zašto je odabrao Crnu Goru" (in Serbian). sportal.rs. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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