Nicholas Bilokapic

Nicholas Bilokapic
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002
Place of birth Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Ipswich Town
Youth career
2014–2019 Sydney United 58
2020–2021 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Huddersfield Town 6 (0)
2022 → Hartlepool United (loan) 2 (0)
2023–2026 Peterborough United 48 (0)
2026– Ipswich Town 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Australia U17 1 (0)
2022– Australia U23 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:50, 10 February 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2024

Nicholas Bilokapic (born 8 September 2002) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for Ipswich Town as a goalkeeper.[3]

Club career

Bilokapic began his career with Sydney United 58.[4] He initially started as an outfielder with Sydney United 58 and first played as a goalkeeper at the relatively late age of 15.[5] Bilokapic moved to English club Huddersfield Town in 2020, where he made his senior debut on 8 January 2022 in the FA Cup in a 2–1 win against Burnley.[6] He moved on loan to Hartlepool United on 31 January for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[7][8]

Bilokapic transferred to Peterborough United in July 2023, for an undisclosed fee.[9] After making errors in a derby game, he was supported by Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson.[10]

On 4 November 2023, Bilokapic made two major errors in a first round FA Cup game at home against Salford that both resulted in goals. The game ended 2-2 and Ferguson expressed unhappiness with the goalkeeper, saying the mistakes had been "momentum killers".[11]

On 6 May 2025, Peterborough announced the player had been transfer listed.[12]

On 2 February 2026, Bilokapic left Peterborough by mutual consent.[13][14] Later that month he signed for Ipswich Town.[15]

International career

On 6 September 2019, Bilokapic made his Australia under-17 debut in a 3–2 defeat against England under-18s.[4] He was selected as part of the Australia squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, however Bilokapic failed to make an appearance at the tournament.[2]

In March 2022, Bilokapic was called up for an U23 Talent Identification Camp for Australian players based in the United Kingdom and Europe.[16] He played for the U23 side that finished third in the 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament.[17]

Personal life

Nicholas is of Croatian heritage. He is the nephew of former Australian international Paul Bilokapic.[18] His father, Jerry Bilokapic, is currently the Head U16s coach for Western Sydney Wanderers[5][19]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 August 2025[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 2020–21[20] Championship 000000—00
2021–22[21] Championship 0010000010
2022–23[22] Championship 601000—70
Total 6020000080
Hartlepool United (loan) 2021–22[21] League Two 20—000020
Peterborough United 2023–24[23] League One 280202010330
2024–25[24] League One 180301040260
2025–26[25] League One 2000000020
Total 480503050610
Ipswich Town 2025–26[25] Championship 0000000000
Career total 560703050710

Honours

Peterborough United

References

  1. ↑ "Nicholas Bilokapic" – via Global Sports Archive.
  2. 1 2 "Nicholas Bilokapic". htafc.com.
  3. ↑ Nicholas Bilokapic at Soccerbase
  4. 1 2 3 "Australia – N. Bilokapic – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  5. 1 2 "The Aussie young gun making waves at Huddersfield". beIN Sports. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Burnley dumped out of FA Cup by Championship high-flyers Huddersfield". uk.style.yahoo.com. 8 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Chicken, Steven (31 January 2022). "Huddersfield Town goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic heads out on Hartlepool loan". YorkshireLive.
  8. ↑ "Hartlepool sign goalkeeper Bilokapic". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ "Peterborough sign Huddersfield keeper Bilokapic". BBC Sport. 21 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Peterborough United boss is confident of a Bilokapic bounce back against Derby". 23 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Staff, KEEPUP (4 November 2023). "Darren Ferguson annoyed as Peterborough face FA Cup replay at Salford". KEEPUP. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Posh Announce Retained List | Peterborough United - The Posh". www.theposh.com. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Peterborough United cancel the contract of a second goalkeeper on transfer deadline day". Peterborough Telegraph. 2 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "Jacob Mendy: Peterborough make defender's loan deal permanent". BBC Sport. 2 February 2026.
  15. ↑ "Town sign Australian goalkeeper following release by League One club". Ipswich Star. 6 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "UK & Europe-based Australians out to impress in Netherlands". socceroos.com.au. 23 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "Olyroos squad named for Maurice Revello Tournament". Socceroos. Football Australia. 15 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "TRANSFER: 'KEEPER NICHOLAS BILOKAPIC JOINS ACADEMY". htafc.com.
  19. ↑ "Under 16s". Western Sydney Wanderers. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Nicholas Bilokapic in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Nicholas Bilokapic in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Nicholas Bilokapic in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Nicholas Bilokapic in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Nicholas Bilokapic in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Nicholas Bilokapic in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  26. ↑ Harby, Chris (7 April 2024). "Peterborough United 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  27. ↑ "Birmingham City 0–2 Peterborough United: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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