Nikola Kerezović

Nikola Kerezović
Date of birth	September 12, 1994
size	185 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2009-2011	HK Beostar
2011–2012	HK NS Stars
2012-2013	HK Partizan Belgrade
2012-2014	Team Belgrade
2013-2014	HK Beostar
2014-2015	EV Zeltweg UHT Dukes Graz
since 2015	KHK Red Star Belgrade
2016-2017	HK Belgrade

Nikola Kerezović ( Serbian - Cyrillic Никола Керезовић ; * September 12, 1994 ) is a Serbian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the KHK Red Star Belgrade since 2015 and has played with the club in the International Hockey League and the Serbian Ice Hockey League since 2017 .

Career

Nikola Kerezović began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of the HK Beostar , for whom he played in the Slovenian U20 league. After a year with HK NS Stars , for whom he played in the Hungarian U18 league, he moved to HK Red Star Belgrade in 2012 , for whom he made his debut in the Serbian league at the age of 18 and became Serbian champions at the end of the season . In 2013 he returned to HK Beostar and now also played in the Serbian ice hockey league for his home club. From 2012 to 2014 he was also on the ice for the Serbian U20 national team, which took part in the league under the name “Team Belgrade”. In 2014 he moved to Austria, where he played for the EV Zeltweg in the Styrian Eliteliga and the UHT Dukes Graz in the European University Hockey League. In 2015 he returned to Serbia and has since played for the KHK Roter Stern Belgrade , with whom he initially played in both the Serbian and Slovenian leagues and, since 2017, in the International Hockey League . In 2018 he became Serbian champion with the Red Star. He also played for HK Belgrade in the MOL league in 2016/17 .

International

For Serbia, Kerezović took part in the division II competitions of the U18 World Championships in 2010 , 2011 and 2012 , when he was voted the best player of his team, as well as the U20 World Championships in Division III in 2011 and Division II in 2012 , 2013 and 2012 2014 part.

In the men's area, Kerezović played for the Serbian national team at the World Championships in 2016 and 2018 in Division II. He also took part in the qualifying tournaments for Serbia for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 and in Pyeongchang in 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the U20 World Championship Division III
• 2013 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade
• 2018 Serbian champion with the KHK Red Star Belgrade
• 2019 Promotion to Division I, Group B at the World Cup Division II, Group A

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
MOL league main round	1	33	5	1	6th
MOL league playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
IntHL main round	1	19th	4th	8th	12	8th
IntHL playoffs	1	4th	1	0	1	0

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Nikola Kerezović at eliteprospects.com (English)