Igor Nikić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Kotor, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Argeș Pitești | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bokelj Kotor | |||
| –2021 | Podgorica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Podgorica | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Mladost DG | 31 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Arsenal Tivat | 36 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Dečić | 65 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Mirandés | 17 | (0) |
| 2026– | Argeș Pitești | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Montenegro | 9 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025 | |||
Igor Nikić (Montenegrin: Игор Никић; born 25 August 2000) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Argeș Pitești and the Montenegro national team.
Club career
Born in Kotor, Nikić played for Bokelj Kotor as a youth before joining the structure of Podgorica. He made his first team – and Montenegrin First League – debut on 19 May 2021, starting in a 4–0 home loss to Sutjeska Nikšić.
Ahead of the 2021–22 season, Nikić became a member of affiliate team Mladost Donja Gorica in the Montenegrin Second League, but also featured with Podgorica's first team. In July 2022, he signed for Arsenal Tivat also in the top tier.
On 5 June 2023, Nikić joined Dečić.[1][2] In November 2024, he was reportedly a target of Ajax,[3] but nothing came of it.
On 12 August 2025, Nikić moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a two-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side Mirandés.[4][5]
International career
On 31 May 2024, Nikić was called up to the Montenegro national team by manager Robert Prosinečki for two friendlies against Belgium and Georgia.[6] He made his full international debut on 11 October, starting in a 1–0 loss to Turkey in the third round of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 18 January 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Podgorica | 2020–21 | Montenegrin First League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Mladost DG | 2021–22 | Montenegrin Second League | 31 | 0 | – | – | – | 31 | 0 | |||
| Arsenal Tivat | 2022–23 | Montenegrin First League | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 0 | ||
| Dečić | 2022–23 | Montenegrin First League | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[d] | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 82 | 0 | |||
| Mirandés | 2025–26 | Segunda División | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| Argeș Pitești | 2026–27 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 153 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Montenegrin Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Montenegrin First League promotion/relegation play-offs
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played 17 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | |||
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | |
Honours
Arsenal Tivat
- Montenegrin Cup runner-up: 2022–23
Dečić
References
- ↑ "Dečić doveo golmana Arsenala, Budućnost ostala bez Lucera i dovela bivšeg mladog reprezentativca" [Dečić bring in Arsenal goalkeeper, Buducnost lose Lucer and bring in former youth national team player] (in Bosnian). CG Sport. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Igor Nikić novi golman Dečića" [Igor Nikić is the new goalkeeper of Dečić] (in Bosnian). Dnevno. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ajax arrived for Nikić!". Vijesti. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Igor Nikić in Mirandes: A huge step, working at a club like this will make me an even better goalkeeper". Vijesti. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Igor Nikic, nuevo portero del CD Mirandés" [Igor Nikic, new goalkeeper of CD Mirandés] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Prosinečki expanded the list: The first call for goalkeeper Dečić, for Belgium and Georgia also counts on two more from the 1st CFL". Vijesti. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "After an excellent debut, Nikić believes that the Falcons have a chance in Cardiff, Šipčić is grateful for every invitation, he wants to end the defeat". Vijesti. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ Igor Nikić at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
External links
- Igor Nikić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Montenegro FA national profile
- Igor Nikić at Soccerway
- Igor Nikić at instagram @igornikic1
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kotor
- Montenegrin men's footballers
- Montenegro men's international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Montenegrin First League players
- Montenegrin Second League players
- Segunda División players
- Liga I players
- FK Podgorica players
- OFK Mladost Donja Gorica players
- FK Arsenal Tivat players
- FK Dečić players
- CD Mirandés footballers
- FC Argeș Pitești players
- Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Romania