Nikola Jojić

Nikola Jojić
Personal information
Full name Nikola Jojić[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-15) 15 September 2003
Place of birth Čačak, Serbia and Montenegro
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Start
Number 8
Youth career
Mladost Lučani
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Mladost Lučani 44 (9)
2023–2026 Stoke City 1 (0)
2024–2025 → Mladost Lučani (loan) 12 (1)
2025 → Gorica (loan) 3 (0)
2025–2026 → Radomlje (loan) 31 (8)
2026– Start 0 (0)
International career
2022 Serbia U19 3 (0)
2023– Serbia U21 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:21, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

Nikola Jojić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јојић; born 15 September 2003) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Start.

Career

Mladost Lučani

Jojić was born in Čačak and began his career with Mladost Lučani, making his Serbian SuperLiga debut at the age of 16 on 24 July 2021 against Red Star Belgrade.[2] He scored his first professional goals in a 2–1 win against Spartak Subotica on 20 May 2022.[3][4] Jojić had a break-out season in 2022–23 as he was fully integrated into the first team and went on score eight goals in 38 appearances.[5]

Stoke City

On 22 August 2023, Jojić signed for Championship club Stoke City on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[6] He made his league debut in England coming on as a late substitute against Preston North End on 2 September 2023.[7][8] Jojić spent the rest of the 2023–24 season with the under-21 team without making much of an impact.[9]

After struggling for game time with the under-21 team Jojić returned to Mladost Lučani for the 2024–25 season.[10] After making 14 appearances back at Mladost, Jojić moved on to Croatian Football League side Gorica in February 2025 on loan for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.[11] Jojić only made three appearances for Gorica.[12] In July 2025 he joined Slovenian PrvaLiga side Radomlje on loan.[13] He played 34 times for Radomlje, scoring nine goals as they finished in sixth position.[12] His contract at Stoke was terminated by mutual consent in July 2026.[14]

IK Start

In August 2026, Jojić signed for Norwegian Eliteserien side Start.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2026[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mladost Lučani 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 5200——52
2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 37711——388
2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 2000——20
Total 44911——4510
Stoke City 2023–24 EFL Championship 100010—20
2024–25 EFL Championship 000000—00
2025–26 EFL Championship 000000—00
Total 100010—20
Mladost Lučani (loan) 2024–25 Serbian SuperLiga 12120——141
Gorica (loan) 2024–25 Croatian Football League 3000——30
Radomlje (loan) 2025–26 Slovenian PrvaLiga 31831——349
Start 2026 Eliteserien 0000——00
Career total 91186210009820
  1. ↑ Includes Serbian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "EFL – Squad List 2023/24" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Stoke City confirm 'emerging talent' Nikola Jojic as 12th signing of radical transfer window". Stoke Sentinel. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Jojić the best player of the last round of the Superliga". B92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Mladost Lučani vs. Spartak Subotica 2 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Nikola Jojić, the new projected capital of Mladost: My mother believed even when I didn't, Gordić is an example that dreams are achievable". MozzartSport (in Bosnian). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nikola Jojic joins the Potters". Stoke City F.C. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Stoke City 0–2 Preston North End 2". BBC Sport. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Stoke City 0–2 Preston: Will Keane's double sends North End top". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ↑ Smith, Pete (9 May 2024). "Pete Smith's Stoke City end of season player ratings for 35-man squad". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Nikola Jojić returns to FK Mladost Lučani on loan". Stoke City. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "Nikola Jojić joins HNK Gorica on loan". Stoke City. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 Nikola Jojić at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Nikola Jojić came from Stoke City". nk-radomlje.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Nikola Jojić leaves Stoke City". Stoke City. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Nikola Jojic signs for IK Start". IK Start. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Igrač kola: Sjajna partija mladog Nikole Jojića za kraj sezone". superliga.rs. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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