Nikola Jojić
Serbian footballer (born 2003)
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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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikola Jojić[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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) | |||
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]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mladost Lučani | 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 8 | |||
| 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 45 | 10 | ||||
| Stoke City | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mladost Lučani (loan) | 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Gorica (loan) | 2024–25 | Croatian Football League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Radomlje (loan) | 2025–26 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 9 | ||
| Start | 2026 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 91 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 20 | ||
- Includes Serbian Cup
Honours
Individual
- Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2021–22 (Round 37)[16]