Nikola Ujdur

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Nikola Ujdur
Personal information
Full name Nikola Ujdur
Date of birth (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Canberra, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Number 44
Youth career
–2019 GOŠK Gabela
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Northbridge 8 (1)
2021–2022 Sydney Olympic
2022–2023 Rockdale Ilinden 29 (4)
2023– Inverness Caledonian Thistle 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:46, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Nikola Ujdur (born 25 January 1999) is a Croatian Australian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Championship. [1]

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Career

Early career

Ujdur started his career with Bosnian Premier League side, NK GOŠK Gabela, rising through the youth ranks before returning to Australia in 2019, joining Northbridge in the NPL New South Wales division where he stayed for 2 years before moving to Sydney Olympic in 2021, where he won the NSW Premier League Regular Season before moving to Rockdale Ilinden the following season.[ citation needed ]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

On 1 September 2023, Ujdur signed for Scottish Championship side, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, on a 2 year deal, [2] [3] becoming the first Australian to play for the club and the second from the Southern Hemisphere, arriving at the club on the same night as the club's manager, Billy Dodds, was sacked. [4] Ujdur made his debut for Inverness in a 1–0 home loss to Dundee United. [5] Ujdur scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 win over Queen's Park at Hampden in the Scottish Championship.

Honours

Northbridge

Sydney Olympic

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References

  1. ↑ "Nikola Ujdur | Football Stats | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Age 24 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Skinner, Andy (1 September 2023). "Caley Thistle sign Australian defender Nikola Ujdur on two-year deal". Press and Journal. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Media, ICTFC (1 September 2023). "Nikola Ujdur signs for ICTFC". ICTFC. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Chalk, Paul (25 September 2023). "Whirlwind week for Caley Thistle's Aussie signing Nikola Ujdur". Press and Journal. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dundee Utd strike late against Inverness to go top". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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