Adrian Nikci

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Adrian Nikci
YB vs. FCL - Nikci 2.jpg
Adrian Nikci, 2014
Personnel
birthday November 10, 1989
place of birth Sarajevo ,  SFR Yugoslavia
Size 182 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1995-2001 FC Uster
2002-2007 FC Zurich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006-2011 FC Zurich U-21 36 (16)
2007–2012 FC Zurich 112 (17)
2012-2015 Hannover 96 4 0(1)
2012-2013 Hanover 96 II 10 0(1)
2014 →  FC Thun  (loan) 16 0(3)
2014 →  Young Boys Bern  (loan) 8 0(0)
2015 1. FC Nuremberg 5 0(0)
2015-2017 1. FC Union Berlin 12 0(2)
2018– FC Schaffhausen 9 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2008-2010 Switzerland U-21 16 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.
As of May 31, 2020

Adrian Nikçi (born November 10, 1989 in Sarajevo , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Swiss football player who also has the nationality of Kosovo . The midfielder has been under contract with FC Schaffhausen since June 2018 .

Club career

Nikci started playing football at FC Uster in 1995 . After six years he left the club for Zurich.

FC Zurich

In January 2002 he moved to the youth department of FC Zurich , with which he won the Blue Stars / FIFA Youth Cup in 2008. For the 2008/09 season , the midfielder was included in the first team of the FCZ. He also played 34 times this season and scored four goals. He became Swiss champion that season .

Hannover 96

For the season 2012/13 undertook Hannover 96 Nikci. He signed a three-year contract with Lower Saxony until June 30, 2015. In his first game for 96, he scored the 2-2 final against FC Schalke 04 . At the end of September 2012, Nikci fell ill with meningitis . He was released from the hospital after almost two weeks. Due to various injuries, illnesses and relapses in rehab, he only made four Bundesliga appearances and four appearances in the Europa League . In January 2014 he was loaned to FC Thun for the rest of the season. Shortly before, Hanover's new coach Tayfun Korkut had eliminated him from the squad.

National team

Nikci was a member of the Swiss U-21 national team . He made his last game for the selection on August 11, 2010 against the Greek U-21s .

Style of play

Nikci is especially valued for its enormous speed. In Switzerland he was considered the fastest player in the league with the ball at his feet. Hanover's former sporting director Jörg Schmadtke said about purchasing: “Adrian Nikci is a player with potential who we trust with full conviction to assert himself in the Bundesliga. He convinced us with his two-footed ability and his speed, in Zurich he last acted on the left wing. "

successes

FC Zurich

Web links

Commons : Adrian Nikci  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ex-Bundesliga player Adrian Nikci changes to FC Schaffhausen. Schaffhauser Nachrichten , June 14, 2018, accessed on July 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Nikci changes to Hannover 96 ( Memento from June 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), notification on the Hannover 96 homepage from June 21, 2012 (accessed on June 21, 2012).
  3. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine: Adrian Nikci with meningitis in the hospital , accessed on September 30, 2012.
  4. ↑ Nikci leaves the clinic ( memento of October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Bundesliga.de, accessed on October 8, 2012.
  5. ^ HAZ : New additions for the "Reds" - Prib and Bittencourt are coming , accessed on June 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ FC Thun borrows Adrian Nikci ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (January 28, 2014)
  7. ↑ kicker.de: Korkut: Group downsized, strategy refined (January 20, 2014)
  8. ^ Adrian Nikci hannover96 ( Memento from June 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Homepage of Hannover 96.
personal data
SURNAME Nikci, Adrian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nikçi, Adrian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarajevo , Yugoslavia