Nicholas Bilokapic

Nicholas Bilokapic (born 8 September 2002) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for English club Huddersfield Town as a goalkeeper.[3]

Nicholas Bilokapic
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002
Place of birth Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town
Number 41
Youth career
2014–2019 Sydney United 58
2020–2021 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Huddersfield Town 6 (0)
2022 → Hartlepool United (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2019 Australia U17 1 (0)
2022– Australia U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:04, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:04, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Career

Bilokapic began his career with Sydney United 58.[4] He moved to English club Huddersfield Town, where he made his senior debut on 8 January 2022 in the FA Cup.[5] He moved on loan to Hartlepool United on 31 January for the remainder of the 2021–2022 season.[6][7]

International career

On 6 September 2019, Bilokapic made his Australia U-17 debut in a 3-2 defeat against England U-18s.[4] He was selected as part of the Australia U-17 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup side, however Bilokapic failed to make an appearance at the tournament.[2]

In March 2022, Bilokapic was called up for an U23 Talent Identification Camp for Australian players based in the United Kingdom and Europe.[8]

Personal life

Nicholas is of Croatian heritage. He is the nephew of former Australian international Paul Bilokapic.[9]

References
  1. "Nicholas Bilokapic" – via Global Sports Archive.
  2. "Nicholas Bilokapic". htafc.com.
  3. Nicholas Bilokapic at Soccerbase
  4. "Australia - N. Bilokapic - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  5. "Burnley dumped out of FA Cup by Championship high-flyers Huddersfield". uk.style.yahoo.com.
  6. Chicken, Steven (31 January 2022). "Huddersfield Town goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic heads out on Hartlepool loan". YorkshireLive.
  7. "Hartlepool sign goalkeeper Bilokapic". BBC Sport.
  8. "UK & Europe-based Australians out to impress in Netherlands". socceroos.com.au. 23 March 2022.
  9. "TRANSFER: 'KEEPER NICHOLAS BILOKAPIC JOINS ACADEMY". htafc.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.