Nikola Mandić (footballer)

Nikola Mandić

Personal information
Full name	Nikola Mandić
Date of birth	19 March 1995
Place of birth	Vinkovci, Croatia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	NK Osijek
Number	9
Youth career
2004-2006	NK Borac Drenovci
2006-2008	Graničar Županja
2008-2014	Osijek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012-	Osijek	27	(2)
2014-2015	→ Cibalia (loan)	25	(4)
National team^‡
2009	Croatia U14	2	(1)
2010	Croatia U15	3	(0)
2011	Croatia U16	4	(1)
2010-2011	Croatia U17	13	(2)
2013-2014	Croatia U19	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:31, 24 August 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:58, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Nikola Mandić (born 19 March 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for NK Osijek as a forward.

Club career

A native of Drenovci, Mandić started his career at the local NK Borac, before moving on early to the better-known NK Graničar in the nearby Županja. He joined the NK Osijek academy aged 13, and progressed through the ranks and through Croatian youth football national team categories. He made his first team debut in the 89th minute of the 2-1 home win against GNK Dinamo Zagreb on the 10 February 2013, aged 17.^[2] After alternating between the U19 and the senior side for the following year and a half, Mandić was loaned to the Druga HNL side HNK Cibalia. He returned to Osijek during the winter break, but was loaned back again to Cibalia in late February.^[3]

References

1. Nikola Mandić at hrsport.net
2. Video: Dinamo ulovio prednost Osijeka, ali Pušić ostavio sva tri boda u Gradskom vrtu at hrsport.net
3. Nikola Mandić ponovno posuđen Cibaliji at NK Osijek official site

External links

• Nikola Mandić profile at Soccerway
• Nikola Mandić at the Croatian Football Federation website (Croatian)