Niko Datković
Croatian footballer
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Niko Datković (born 21 April 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bosnian club Borac Banja Luka.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Niko Datković[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borac Banja Luka | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Pomorac | ||
| 2008–2011 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Rijeka | 39 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Spezia (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | → Lugano (loan) | 27 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Spezia | 10 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Universitatea Craiova (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Cracovia | 32 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Kisvárda | 7 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Admira Wacker | 23 | (1) |
| 2022 | Mirandés | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Nea Salamina | 41 | (2) |
| 2024– | Borac Banja Luka | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Croatia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Croatia U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Croatia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Croatia U20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Croatia U21 | 11 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:40, 21 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Datković was a regular starter in Rijeka's defense during his first professional year with the club in 2011–12. He made his professional debut on 26 August 2011, aged 18, in Rijeka's home win against Šibenik.[2] In two and a half seasons with Rijeka, he collected 38 caps and scored two goals.[3]
In early 2014, Datković was loaned to Spezia in Italy's Serie B, where he spent the second half of the 2013–14 season and the entire 2014–15 season. He spent the following season on loan with Lugano in the Swiss Super League.
On 3 September 2017, it was revealed that Spezia sent Datković on a season-long loan to CS U Craiova in Romania.[4] On 5 August 2020, he signed with Hungarian club Kisvárda.[5]
On 2 February 2021, Datković moved to the Austrian club Admira Wacker.[6] On 29 January of the following year, he moved to Spanish Segunda División side Mirandés on a short-term deal.[7]
Career statistics
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2011–12 | Rijeka | Prva HNL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rijeka total | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Spezia (loan) | Serie B | 6 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |||
| 2015–16 | Lugano (loan) | Swiss Super League | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | Spezia | Serie B | 10 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Craiova (loan) | Liga I | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Spezia total | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Cracovia | Ekstraklasa | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cracovia total | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Admira | Austrian Bundesliga | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 151 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 9 | ||
| Last Update: 20 September 2020. | ||||||||||
