Nikola Jozić Explained

Nikola Jozić
Birth Date:29 September 1982
Birth Place:Ludwigshafen, West Germany
Position:Defender
Youthyears1:1987–1995
Youthyears2:1995–1999
Youthyears3:1999–2001
Youthclubs1:FSV Oggersheim
Youthclubs2:Waldhof Mannheim
Youthclubs3:Eintracht Frankfurt
Years1:2001–2003
Years2:2004–2005
Years3:2005
Years4:2006
Years5:2007
Years6:2007–2008
Clubs1:AJ Auxerre B
Clubs2:Železnik
Clubs3:FSV Oggersheim
Clubs4:Gaziantepspor
Clubs5:Radnik Bijeljina
Clubs6:Gloria Buzău
Caps1:10
Caps2:29
Caps3:4
Caps4:0
Caps5:14
Caps6:20
Goals1:1
Goals2:2
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:2
Goals6:1
Totalcaps:77
Totalgoals:6
Nationalyears1:2001
Nationalteam1:FR Yugoslavia U18
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:0

Nikola Jozić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јозић; born 29 September 1982) is a German-born Serbian retired football defender.

Career

After playing with several clubs in Germany, in January 2001 he moved from Eintracht Frankfurt to French Ligue 1 club Auxerre which would be his first senior experience. After a successful two and a half seasons there, he moved to Serbia to play with FK Železnik where he will win a 2005 Serbia and Montenegro Cup.

He also holds German citizenship making his football debut at Eintracht Frankfurt. The 1.94 m defender also played at Auxerre and Gaziantepspor.

Position

Nikola was a versatile footballer, he played in the defence as central, left back, right back, central for the back four or central Midfield.

International

Jozić played with his homeland FR Yugoslavia at the 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Championship in Finland. He played 6 games for the under 18.

Honours