Oka Nikolov

Oka Nikolov

Personal information
Full name	Orhej Nikolov
Date of birth	25 May 1974 (1974-05-25) (age 37)
Place of birth	Erbach im Odenwald, Hesse, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Eintracht Frankfurt
Number	1
Youth career
1981–1989	SG Sandbach
1989–1991	SV Darmstadt 98
1991–1994	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–	Eintracht Frankfurt	349	(0)
National team‡
1998–2001	Macedonia	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2011

Oka Nikolov (Macedonian: Ока Николов); born 25 May 1974 in Erbach im Odenwald) is a Macedonian football goalkeeper.^[1] Nikolov has played for Eintracht Frankfurt since 1991 and has been capped five times for Macedonia.

Career

As Nikolov grew up in Sandbach in Hesse, he made his first appearance as a football player in his local club SG Sandbach. His professional career started in 1991 at Eintracht Frankfurt. First, he was the second goalkeeper behind Uli Stein and then later Andreas Köpke. After Köpke left the club because of the relegation to the Second Bundesliga, Nikolov became Frankfurt's new first goalkeeper. In 2002, Dirk Heinen came to Eintracht Frankfurt and Nikolov lost his position once again. However, the season was no success and Frankfurt had to go to the Second Bundesliga. So Nikolov was given another chance.

After the promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2005–06 campaign Nikolov won the goalkeeping spot from Markus Pröll due to an injury. In the 2006–07 season, Pröll was the number-one keeper again, but due to problems caused by his renewed rib injury, Nikolov once again became a regular in February 2007. In January 2010 it was announced that he would not renew his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt that was due to expire in summer 2010 but eventually signed a new contract until 2012.

References

1. ^ "Nikolov, Oka" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2011-12/eintracht-frankfurt-32/1011/spieler_oka-nikolov.html. Retrieved 16 July 2011. 

External links

• Oka Nikolov at Eintracht Frankfurt's Official Website (German)
• Oka Nikolov at eintracht-archiv.de (German)
• Oka Nikolov at fussballdaten.de (German)
• Oka Nikolov at Macedonian Football
• Oka Nikolov at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Nikolov, Oka
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	25 May 1974
Place of birth	Erbach im Odenwald, Hesse, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death