Nikola Ninkovic

Nikola Ninkovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Нинковић; born 19 December 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for side FK Proleter Novi Sad.

Club Career

Partizan

On 11 July 2011, alongside Lazar Markovic, Ninkovic signed his first professional contract with Partizan, on a five-year deal. He made his competitive debut for the club in the return leg of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, coming on as a substitute for Zvonimir Vukic in a 1–0 away win over Shkendija on 19 July 2011. After missing the vast majority of the 2011–12 season due to mononucleosis, Ninkovic made his league debut in a 4–1 away victory against Rad on 31 March 2012. He recorded three more appearances until the end of the 2011–12 season, as the club won the league title.

On 11 August 2012, Ninkovic scored his first competitive goal for Partizan in a 7–0 home league victory over BSK Borca. He became the club's youngest captain ever on 31 October 2012 at 17 years, 10 months and 12 days, coming on as a substitute in a 1–2 Serbian Cup loss to Borac Cacak, thus surpassing Stevan Jovetic. The record was later broken by Andrija Zivkovic.

On 30 October 2013, Ninkovic scored a brace in a 3–0 Serbian Cup win away at Radnicki Nis. He also scored an 86th-minute winning goal in a 2–1 home league victory over the same opponent on 1 March 2014, before being sent off in the 88th minute of the game.

On 22 July 2014, Ninkovic scored his first goal for Partizan in UEFA competitions, scoring an equalizer in a 3–1 away win against HB Torshavn. He made a total of 38 appearances and scored six goals in all competitions during the 2014–15 campaign.

Genoa

On 1 February 2016, Ninkovic was transferred to Italian club Genoa, being immediately loaned to fellow Serie A side Chievo until the end of the 2015–16 season.

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