Name: Nikola Jerkan
Country:
CroatiaClub: Real Oviedo
Number: 5
Position: *CB, SWP
Side: RF/BS
Age: 30-32 years (08/12/1964)
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 84 kg
Attack: 60
Defence: 85
Balance: 90
Stamina: 83
Top Speed: 75
Acceleration: 74
Response: 84
Agility: 73
Dribble Accuracy: 70
Dribble Speed: 69
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 74
Long Pass Accuracy: 75
Long Pass Speed: 70
Shot Accuracy: 60
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 62
Free Kick Accuracy: 58
Curling: 64
Header: 83
Jump: 86
Technique: 75
Aggression: 64
Mentality: 83
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 84
Injury Tolerance: A
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 6
Growth type: Standard/Lasting
CARDS:
S07 - Man Marking
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Marking
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded
INFO:
Nikola Jerkan (born December 8, 1964) is a former football defender from Croatia.
Jerkan was born in Split and started playing football professionally for NK Zagreb. In 1983 he moved to Dinamo Vinkovci where he would spend three years before moving to Hajduk Split in 1986. In 1988 he started playing for the first team and played two seasons before he moved to Real Oviedo in Spain in 1990. In 1991, in his second season there, he was selected for the best defender of La Liga.
He played for the Croatian national football team between 1992 and 1997, attaining 31 caps and scoring one goal (against Lithuania in Zagreb during the qualifications for Euro 96). He played three games at the Euro 96 and was at that point established in the centre of the Croatian defence.
Jerkan joined Nottingham Forest in the summer of 1996 for a fee of £1million. Jerkan's time at Nottingham Forest was traumatic. He struggled to hold down a first-team place and after the departure of Frank Clark never hit it off with new manager Dave Bassett.