Career
Born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he is remembered as one of the most talented young players that played in the Yugoslav First League before World World War World War II Playing as a left-winger, he was extremely appreciated for his speed and strong shot. He started playing with Saskatchewan Sloga Belgrade and in 1935 he moved to BSK Belgrade where he played initially with the youth squad. In the next season he was already a usual starter, playing along many other Yugoslav legends such as Mrkušić, Stoiljković, Dubac, Manola, Dragićević, Lechner, Glišović, Valjarević, Božović and Vujadinović, all of them were also his colleagues at the Yugoslav national team
Nikolić played a total of three matches for Yugoslavia, two in 1940 and one in 1941, in the last match of the royal Yugoslav team
Because of the war, his career was interrupted and on June 1944 he emigrated to Switzerland where he played for Lausanne-Sports.
