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Nikola Vujadinović (Cyrillic: Никола Вујадиновић, born 31 July 1986) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a central defender for Domžale.
Vujadinović also holds a Serbian and Bulgarian passport (and consequently EU citizenship) due to his grandfather being a Bulgarian. On international level, Vujadinović opted to play for Montenegrin national team.
Career
Vujadinović started his career at Red Star Belgrade. He later played for FK Rad, FK Zeta, and FK Radnički Pirot.
In May 2007, Vujadinović moved to CSKA Sofia on a free transfer, agreeing a three-year contract with the Bulgarian Premier League side. He appeared in 24 matches for the club, scoring once.
In August 2008, Udinese announced that they had secured the services of Vujadinović for a reported €1 million. He agreed a five-year contract with the Serie A club.
In September 2009, Vujadinović was loaned by Udinese to Unirea Alba Iulia of Romania. For the 2010–11 season, he was loaned to Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen. Mainly a replacement for Richard Foster, he had their initial application for a work permit rejected, which was later granted after an appeal.
On 15 January 2011, Vujadinović's loan was extended until the end of the season. Under managers Mark McGhee and then Craig Brown, he made 18 league appearances and also represented the club in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. His loan to Aberdeen expired at the end of the 2010–11 season.
During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, Vujadinović moved from Italy back to Serbia to play on loan with the SuperLiga side FK Javor Ivanjica.
On 24 June 2012, Vujadinović left Udinese and joined SK Sturm Graz on a two-year contract. He left the club in June 2014 despite appearing regularly.
On 31 October 2014, Vujadinović signed a one-year deal with CA Osasuna in Spanish Segunda División, mainly as a replacement to injured Jordan Lotiès.
On 16 July 2015, Vujadinović transferred to China League One side Beijing BG.
On 7 July 2017 he signed a two-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań. He debuted on 27 July 2017 during the UEFA Europa League away game against Utrecht.
On 11 October 2019, Slovenian side NK Domžale announced that they signed with Vujadinović until the end of the 2019–20 season.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 23 May 2019.
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Unirea Alba Iulia | 2009–10 | Liga I | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Aberdeen | 2010–11 | Scottish Premiership | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Javor Ivanjica | 2011–12 | Serbian SuperLiga | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2012–13 | Austrian Bundesliga | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 7 | ||
| 2013–14 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 42 | 3 | |||
| Total | 69 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 79 | 10 | |||
| Osasuna | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| Beijing BG | 2015 | China League One | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||||
| Osasuna | 2016–17 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lech Poznań | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 230 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 255 | 20 | ||
Honours
- CSKA Sofia
- Bulgarian League: 2007–08