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Nikola Žigić

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Nikola Žigić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Жигић, IPA: [nǐkola ʒǐːɡitɕ]; born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Žigić was born in Bačka Topola, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia. He began playing football as a youngster with AIK Bačka Topola, and scored 68 goals from 76 first-team matches over a three-year period in the third tier of Yugoslav football. Military service took him to Bar in 2001, where he was able to continue his goalscoring career with the local second-level club Mornar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikola Žigić is the 4,461st most popular soccer player (down from 3,629th in 2024), the 314th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 287th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Serbian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nikola Žigić ranks 4,461 out of 21,273. Before him are Domingos Paciência, Hayato Murotsu, Igor Lediakhov, Olle Håkansson, David O'Leary, and João Ricardo. After him are Jesper Christiansen, Heinz Hornig, Jimmy Gallagher, Osvaldo Sáez, Rosendo Hernández, and Tonči Gabrić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Nikola Žigić ranks 151. Before him are Joris Mathijsen, Mike Miller, Demet Evgar, Jason Segel, Rebel Wilson, and Hiroyuki Sawano. After him are Motoki Imagawa, Edison Chen, Zach McGowan, Ivan Klasnić, Tim Borowski, and Ryōko Hirosue.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Nikola Žigić ranks 314 out of 661. Before him are Dobrosav Krstić (1932), Filip Kostić (1992), Lajos Szűcs (1943), Branislav Pokrajac (1947), Boško Simonović (1898), and Vladimir Stojković (1983). After him are Enver Hadžiabdić (1945), Prvoslav Mihajlović (1921), Radmilo Ivančević (1950), Anica Dobra (1963), Radivoje Manić (1972), and Žarko Nikolić (1936).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Serbia

Among soccer players born in Serbia, Nikola Žigić ranks 77. Before him are Miodrag Ješić (1958), Dobrosav Krstić (1932), Filip Kostić (1992), Lajos Szűcs (1943), Boško Simonović (1898), and Vladimir Stojković (1983). After him are Enver Hadžiabdić (1945), Prvoslav Mihajlović (1921), Radivoje Manić (1972), Žarko Nikolić (1936), Dušan Vlahović (2000), and Saša Ilić (1977).

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