Nikola Eskić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ескић, born 19 December 1997) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Shabab[1]

Nikola Eskić
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Shabab
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2014 Milići
2014–2015 Vlasenica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Vlasenica 10 (6)
2016 Zvijezda 09 14 (0)
2017–2020 Napredak Kruševac 79 (6)
2020–2021 OFK Bačka 33 (0)
2021–2022 Bregalnica Štip 28 (2)
2022 Riteriai 15 (0)
2023–2024 Aksu 20 (0)
2024 Sloboda Užice 8 (0)
2024– Al-Shabab 0 (0)
International career
2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2020

Club career

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As a youth player, Eskić joined FK Vlasenica from football club Milići in summer 2014.[2] He was playing with FK Vlasenica in the first half of the 2015–16 First League of Republika Srpska.[3] In the winter-break, he had 6 goals scored in the league and he became member of the youth team of the Republika Srpska official football team, and as such, he moved to Zvijezda 09.[4]

He played with Zvijezda 09 in the first half of the 2016–17 First League of Republika Srpska (14 appearances,[5] Bosnian second-level. During winter-break, he joined Serbian team FK Napredak Kruševac.[6]

International career

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On 17 May 2018 he received a call for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team.[7] and he debuted in a friendly game against Albania played on 28 May 2018, a 2–0 away win.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Сербский полузащитник официально пополнил клуб КПЛ" (in Russian). 2023-02-18.
  2. ^ Pripreme počinju, a trenera još nema at sportabc.net, 2-7-2014, retrieved 13-3-2017 (in Serbian)
  3. ^ Počinje fudbalski šampionat Republike Srpske, ekipe u borbi za plej-of at banjaluka.com, 6-8-2015, retrieved 12-3-2017 (in Serbian)
  4. ^ NIKOLA ESKIĆ POJAČAO “ZVIJEZDU 09” at FK Zvijezda 09 official website, 20-12-2015, retrieved 12-3-2017 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ Eskić Čarapan at pravdabl.com, 24-1-2017, retrieved 12-3-2017 (in Serbian)
  6. ^ Nikola Eskić at Soccerway
  7. ^ Na Marinovićevom popisu 20 igrača at vecernji.ba, 17-5-2018
  8. ^ The BH U-21 team better than Albania at nfsbih.ba, 28-6-2018