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Nikola Žigić

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Nikola Žigić
White man wearing blue and white sports training kit, pictured outdoors
With Birmingham City in 2012 pre-season
Personal information
Full name Nikola Žigić[1]
Date of birth (1980-09-25) 25 September 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Bačka Topola, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
1991–1998 AIK Bačka Topola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 AIK Bačka Topola 76 (68)
2001–2002 Mornar 23 (15)
2002 Kolubara 8 (3)
2003–2006 Red Star Belgrade 79 (47)
2003 → Spartak Subotica (loan) 11 (14)
2006–2007 Racing Santander 32 (11)
2007–2010 Valencia 28 (5)
2009 → Racing Santander (loan) 19 (13)
2010–2014 Birmingham City[a] 128 (32)
2014–2015 Birmingham City 9 (0)
Total 413 (208)
National team
2004–2011 Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia 57 (20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nikola Žigić (born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian football player. He plays for forward.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AIK Bačka Topola 1998–99[2] Serbian League Vojvodina 14 8 — — 14 8
1999–2000[2] Serbian League Vojvodina 28 28 — — 28 28
2000–01[2] Serbian League Vojvodina 30 30 — — 30 30
2001–02[2] Serbian League Vojvodina 4 2 — — 4 2
Total 76 68 — — 76 68
Mornar 2001–02[2] Second League of FR Yugoslavia 23 15 — — 23 15
Kolubara 2002–03[2] Serbian League Belgrade 8 3 — — 8 3
Spartak Subotica 2002–03[2] Serbian League Vojvodina 11 14 — — 11 14
Red Star Belgrade 2003–04[2][3] First League of Serbia and Montenegro 28 18 3 2 — 5[b] 6 36 26
2004–05[2][4] First League of Serbia and Montenegro 25 15 3 2 — 5[c] 3 33 20
2005–06[2][5] Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga 23 12 3 2 — 7[b] 6 33 20
2006–07[2][6] Serbian SuperLiga 3 2 0 0 — 4[d] 2 7 4
Total 79 47 9 6 — 21 17 109 70
Racing Santander 2006–07[7] La Liga 32 11 1 0 — — 33 11
Valencia 2007–08[8] La Liga 15 1 3 4 — 3[d] 0 21 5
2008–09[9] La Liga 0 0 2 1 — 3[b] 2 5 3
2009–10[10] La Liga 13 4 4 3 — 9[e] 2 26 9
Total 28 5 9 8 — 15 4 52 17
Racing Santander (loan) 2008–09[9] La Liga 19 13 — — — 19 13
Birmingham City 2010–11[11] Premier League 25 5 2 0 7 3 — 34 8
2011–12[12] Championship 35 11 1 0 1 0 6[f] 1 43 12
2012–13[13] Championship 35 9 1 0 0 0 — 36 9
2013–14[14] Championship 33 7[a] 1 0 1 0 — 35 7
2014–15[16] Championship 9 0 2 0 — — 11 0
Total 137 32[a] 7 0 9 3 6 1 159 36
Career total 413 208[a] 26 14 9 3 42 22 490 247
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Birmingham's goal in the 2–1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers on 5 October, originally credited to Žigić, was retrospectively awarded to Lee Novak.[15]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ Three appearances three goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance one goal in Football League play-offs

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia 		2004 1 0
2005 9 3
2006 9 4
2007 7 4
2008 7 2
2009 8 3
2010 12 4
2011 4 0
Total 57 20

Score and result columns list Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia's score first.[2]

International goals
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 June 2005 Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada  Italy 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2. 15 August 2005 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine  Poland 1–1 2–3 Friendly
3. 13 November 2005 Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing, China  China 2–0 2–0 Friendly
4. 21 June 2006 Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany  Ivory Coast 1–0 2–3 2006 World Cup
5. 2 September 2006 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Azerbaijan 1–0 1–0 Euro 2008 qualifying
6. 7 October 2006 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Belgium 1–0 1–0 Euro 2008 qualifying
7. 11 October 2006 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Armenia 3–0 3–0 Euro 2008 qualifying
8. 24 March 2007 Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 1–2 1–2 Euro 2008 qualifying
9. 17 October 2007 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 2–0 6–1 Euro 2008 qualifying
10. 17 October 2007 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 4–1 6–1 Euro 2008 qualifying
11. 21 November 2007 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Poland 1–2 2–2 Euro 2008 qualifying
12. 6 September 2008 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Faroe Islands 2–0 2–0 2010 World Cup qualifying
13. 11 October 2008 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Lithuania 3–0 3–0 2010 World Cup qualifying
14. 1 April 2009 Stadion Partizan, Belgrade, Serbia  Sweden 1–0 2–0 Friendly
15. 10 October 2009 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Romania 1–0 5–0 2010 World Cup qualifying
16. 18 November 2009 Craven Cottage, London, England  South Korea 1–0 1–0 Friendly
17. 3 September 2010 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 3–0 3–0 Euro 2012 qualifying
18. 7 September 2010 Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia  Slovenia 1–1 1–1 Euro 2012 qualifying
19. 8 October 2010 Stadion Partizan, Belgrade, Serbia  Estonia 1–0 1–3 Euro 2012 qualifying
20. 17 November 2010 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours

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Red Star[2]

Valencia[2]

Birmingham City[17]

Individual

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists" (PDF). Premier League. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 "Žigić Nikola". reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Cup winners 2004". FK Red Star. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
    "2003/04 UEFA Cup: FK Crvena Zvezda: Top goalscorers". UEFA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  4. ↑ For Champions League: "UEFA Champions League 2004/05: FK Crvena Zvezda: Top goalscorers". UEFA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
    For UEFA Cup: "2004/05 UEFA Cup: FK Crvena Zvezda: Matches". UEFA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
    For national cup: Jovanović, Dragoljub (3 September 2005). "Serbia and Montenegro 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
    "Rutinska pobeda Zvezde" [Routine victory for Stars]. Sportska centrala (in Serbian). 27 October 2004. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
    "Bogavac Zvezdu odveo u polufinale" [Bogavac takes Stars into semifinals]. Sportska centrala (in Serbian). 10 November 2004. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cup winners 2006". FK Red Star. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
    "2005/06 UEFA Cup: FK Crvena Zvezda: Top goalscorers". UEFA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "UEFA Champions League 2006/07: FK Crvena Zvezda: Top goalscorers". UEFA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Zigic: Nikola Zigic: 2006–07". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Zigic: Nikola Zigic: 2007–08". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Zigic: Nikola Zigic: 2008–09". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Zigic: Nikola Zigic: 2009–10". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Nikola Žigić in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Nikola Žigić in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Nikola Žigić in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Nikola Žigić in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Credit goes to Novak". Birmingham City F.C. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Nikola Žigić in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  17. ↑ McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  18. ↑ "Lista strelaca posle 30. kola" [Top scorers after 30 rounds] (in Serbian). Zajednica fudbalskih klubova prve savezne lige (Union of First Federal League Clubs). Archived from the original on 12 June 2004.
  19. ↑ "Matić, Ćurčić i Mažić – najbolje u srpskom fudbalu" [Matić, Ćurčić and Mažić – the best in Serbian football]. Mondo.rs (in Serbian). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  20. ↑ Tomković, V. (20 December 2013). "Tradicionalna anketa 'Novosti': Kapiteni biraju fudbalera godine" ["Novosti"'s traditional poll: Footballer of the year voted for by the captains]. Večernje novosti (in Serbian). Belgrade. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  21. ↑ "Прослављен 61. рођендан Црвене звезде" [Red Star celebrates its 61st birthday] (in Serbian). SD Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Sport Association). 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015. Никола Жигић, наш фудбалер, изабран је за најбољег спортисту Црвене звезде [Nikola Žigić, our footballer, was chosen as Red Star's best athlete].


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