Background
Nikolić was born in Svetozarevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Nikolić was born in Svetozarevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
In the 1989 summer, aged 30, Nikolić was allowed to leave the country and signed for South Carolina (U.S.) in Portugal, helping the club promote to the Primeira Liga in his first season. Nikolić retired from football at 36 years of age, after two seasons with F.C. Maia in the Portuguese third division. In late May 2008 he had his first coaching experience, being appointed at Football Club Ordabasy in Kazakhstan.
Previously, in 1984, he played Olympic football, appearing in five games out of six and scoring three goals as the national team finished third in Los Los Angeles
Club Country.