Niko Datković

Niko Datković

Personal information
Full name	Niko Datković
Date of birth	(1993-04-21) April 21, 1993
Place of birth	Rijeka, Croatia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Lugano (on loan from Rijeka)
Number	20
Youth career
2003–2008	Pomorac
2008–2011	Rijeka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–	Rijeka	38	(2)
2014–2015	→ Spezia (loan)	31	(4)
2015–	→ Lugano (loan)	27	(2)
International career‡
2010	Croatia U17	1	(0)
2011	Croatia U18	4	(0)
2011–2012	Croatia U19	5	(0)
2011–2013	Croatia U20	9	(1)
2013–2014	Croatia U21	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2014

Niko Datković is a Croatian football player currently playing for Lugano in Switzerland's Challenge League, on loan from Croatian side Rijeka.

Regarded as one of the club's greatest talents, Datković was a regular starter in Rijeka's defense during his first professional year with the club during the 2011–12 Prva HNL season. He collected 38 caps with the club and scored two goals. In early 2014, he was loaned to Spezia in Italy's Serie B, where he stayed until the end of 2014–15 Serie B season.

External links

• Niko Datković at Soccerway
• Niko Datković at Croatian Football Statistics (Croatian)
• Niko Datković at the Croatian Football Federation website (Croatian)