Ivan_Nikčević
Ivan Nikčević
Serbian handball player
Ivan Nikčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Никчевић; born 11 February 1981) is a Serbian handball player for Spanish club Benidorm.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
Full name | Ivan Nikčević | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
(1981-02-11) 11 February 1981 (age 43) Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Left wing | ||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current club | Benidorm | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Team | |||||||||||||||||
Sutjeska Nikšić | |||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
1998–2005 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Altea | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Almería | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Portland San Antonio | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Granollers | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Valladolid | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Wisła Płock | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
2020– | Benidorm | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2016 | Serbia | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Nikčević played for Crvena zvezda (1998–2005), Altea (2005–2007), Almería (2007–2008), Portland San Antonio (2008–2010), Granollers (2010–2011), Valladolid (2011–2012), Wisła Płock (2012–2016) and Sporting CP (2016–2020). He helped the Portuguese club win the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2016–17 season.[1]
A Serbia international since its inception,[2] Nikčević made his major debut for the national team at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship. He was also a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship.[3] After serving as team captain at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship, Nikčević retired from the national team.[4]
- Crvena zvezda
- Sporting CP
- Andebol 1: 2016–17, 2017–18
- EHF Challenge Cup: 2016–17
- "Ivan Nikcevic termina ligação com o Sporting" (in Portuguese). record.pt. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "Rukometaši putuju u Egipat" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "Srbija osvojila srebro u Beogradu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- "Žarko Šešum novi kapiten rukometaša" (in Serbian). b92.net. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- Ivan Nikčević at the European Handball Federation
- Ivan Nikčević at Olympedia
- Ivan Nikčević at Olympics.com
- Ivan Nikčević at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)