NIKOLA ZIGIC
Ime i prezime Nikola Žigić Klub Valencia (Esp) Rođen 25/09/1980 Mesto u timu Napadač Utakmica za reprezentaciju
31 Golova za reprezentaciju
12 Debitovao 08/06/2005 Igrao u klubovima AIK Bačka Topola > Mornar Bar > Spartak Subotica > Kolubara Lazarevac > Crvena zvezda > Racing Santander
Nikola Žigić (rođen 25. septembra 1980. u Bačkoj Topoli) je srpski fudbaler koji trenutno igra za Rasing Santander. Kao napadač igra i za reprezentaciju Srbije. Visok je 2,02 m, pa je jedan od najviših igrača sveta.
Tri puta je dobio nagradu najboljeg igrača Srbije i Crne Gore (2003, 2005, 2006).
Pre Crvene zvezde je igrao za AIK Topolu, Mornar, Spartak Suboticu i Kolubaru. Za vreme nastupanja za beogradske "crveno-bele" u 110 utakmica postigao je 71 gol.(nacionalno prvenstvo,nacionalni kup i evropska takmičenja).
Prvog Aprila 2007 postigao je svoj prvi het trik u španskoj primeri.Njegov ugovor sa Rasingom iz Santandera ističe 29.avgusta 2010 godine.
Od 8. avgusta 2007. član je španskog velikana Valensije.
Za reprezentaciju debitovao 31. marta 2004. u Beogradu protiv Norveške (0:1). U 20 utakmica za reprezentaciju postigao osam golova. Učesnik Svetskog prvenstva 2006. u Nemačkoj (3 meča, 1 gol).
Nikola Žigić (born September 25, 1980, in Bačka Topola, Vojvodina, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player who currently has been signed by Valencia CF. A striker, he has been voted Serbia's Player of the Year three times (in 2003, 2005 and 2006). As of April 2007, he has twenty caps for Serbia national football team, and eight goals. He is 202 cm (6 ft 7 1 in) tall, and one of the tallest footballers in the world playing on a top flight football club.
Career
Red Star Belgrade
Following his fine national team outings, Žigić continued to shine for his club Red Star Belgrade. His world class goal from 30 meters against AS Roma in 2005-06 UEFA Cup action delighted home fans and further raised his asking price on the transfer market. During his years at Red Star Belgrade, he played 110 matches and scored 71 goals in all competitions (national cup, championship and European competitions).
Over the coming months Žigić has been linked to FA Premier League sides Portsmouth FC, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United, for a fee speculated to be €11.5 million. He was also linked with Arsenal, but Red Star Belgrade's president Dragan Stojković, rejected all offers from English Premiership sides downright, postponing all further negotiations until after the World Cup 2006 in Germany.
Racing Santader
On 29 August 2006, Žigić signed a four year contract with the Spanish side Racing Santander.
On April 1st 2007, Žigić scored his first hat trick in La Liga in a 5-4 win over Athletic Bilbao.[1] While at Racing, he formed a formidable duo with diminutive veteran strikers Pedro Munitis.
In one season at Racing, he totaled 13 goals, which lead the team, and caught the attention of Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Fenerbahçe, Barcelona and Juventus, who have shown great interest in Žigić by trying to sign him. While at Red Star, he was a target of numerous clubs around the world, and with Santander, it proved to be the same situation. This time, teams had to wait for the summer transfer window to sign him. Late in the transfer window, Machester City were the favorites to sign him, with new manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Valencia
On August 8, 2007, Sky Sports understood that Valencia CF had offered Racing 15 million euros along with handing the striker a lucrative five-year contract. Numerous other clubs, such as Werder Bremen and Manchester City attempted to sign the tall striker, but Valencia came away with the Serb.
Valencia announced on their official website on August 9, 2007 that they had, in fact, signed him. The transfer fee was tagged at 20 million euros. After passing a physical the next day, he was introduced at Estadio Mestalla.[2] Valencia are familiar with Serbian strikers, as Predrag Mijatovic became a legend there scoring 28 goals in the 1995/1996 season
International career
2006 World Cup
Although he attracted much attention for his fine performances with Red Star in the Serbia-Montenegro league, Žigić really started turning heads after he nailed down a regular place in the Serbia-Montenegro national team in mid-2005. He scored a couple of goals in some friendlies, but it was his appearance in a crucial qualifier against Spain in Madrid that got the people talking. After an atrocious first half on Vicente Calderón stadium during which Serbia-Montenegro rarely crossed the center line and was extremely lucky to be only 0-1 down, coach Ilija Petković threw Žigić into the mix. His towering presence up front changed the flow of the match instantly. Žigić played a key role in Serbia's tying goal, and later set up Mateja Kežman perfectly for another, only to see his strike partner arrive a tad late, clipping the ball wide of Iker Casillas' gaping half-empty net. However, Serbia got the key away point and confirmed their World Cup qualification at home in Belgrade versus Bosnia-Herzegovina with Žigić again nicely setting up Kezman for the game's only goal.
Žigić's only start of the 2006 FIFA World Cup came in Serbia-Montenegro's final Group C match, when the team was already eliminated. He scored an early goal in the 10th minute 1st half off a long ball from Dejan Stankovic against Côte d'Ivoire.
Euro 2008
On March 24th 2007, Žigić got a red card during the EURO 2008 qualifications against Kazakhstan, seconds before the end of the game. This caused him to miss the game in Belgrade against Portugal. He also didn't play in the away game against Finland (June 2, 2007), because he had to have surgery on a facial injury he received on May 27th, 2007.
Season
Club
Country
Level
GP
GS
2007-08
Valencia
ESP
A
-
-
2006-07
Racing Santander
ESP
A
31
10
2006-07
Crvena zvezda
SRB
A
3
2
2005-06
Crvena zvezda
SCG
A
23
12
2004-05
Crvena zvezda
SCG
A
25
15
2003-04
Crvena zvezda
SCG
A
28
18
2002-03
Spartak Subotica
YUG
C
11
14
2002-03
Kolubara Lazarevac
YUG
C
8
3
2001-02
Mornar Bar
YUG
B
23
15
2001-02
AIK Bačka Topola
YUG
C
4
2
2000-01
AIK Bačka Topola
YUG
C
30
30
1999-00
AIK Bačka Topola
YUG
C
28
28
1998-99
AIK Bačka Topola
YUG
C
14
8
Career Totals:
228
157
Nikola Zigic
Mada ima tu još dobrih igrača, ali golokter i gorostas poput Žigića se nije viđao na fudbalskim utakmicama Srbije 
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