Niko Datković


Niko Datković is a Croatian football, playing as a centre-back for Cracovia in Poland.

Club career

Regarded as one of the club's greatest talents, Datković was a regular starter in Rijeka's defence during his first professional year with the club in 2011–12. He made his professional début on 26 August 2011, in Rijeka's home win against Šibenik. In two and a half seasons with Rijeka, he collected 38 caps and scored two goals. In early 2014, he was loaned to Spezia in Italy's Serie B, where he spent the second half of the 2013–14 season and the entire 2014–15 season. Datković spent the following season on loan with Lugano in the Swiss Super League. On 3 September 2017, it was revealed that Spezia sent Datković on a season-long loan to CS U Craiova in Romania.

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