Name: Nikola Maksimović

Nationality: Serbian (Serbia and Montenegro at birth)

Date of birth: 25 November 1991

Place of birth: Kragujevac, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)

Position: Centre-back / central defender

Height: 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)

Club career (selected):

• Radnički Kragujevac (youth)
• FK Napredak Kruševac (2010–2012)
• FK Rad (loan 2011)
• FC Red Star Belgrade – FK Crvena zvezda (2012–2013)
• Torino FC (2013–2016)
• SSC Napoli (2016–2021)
• Genoa CFC (loan 2019–2020)
• Spal (loan 2020–2021, permanent thereafter)

International career:

• Represented Serbia at senior level.
• Made his Serbia debut in 2013 and featured sporadically through the mid/late 2010s.

Playing style: A tall, physically strong centre-back known for aerial ability, tackling and positional defending; capable of playing as the right or left-sided central defender in a back four.

Notable facts:

• Younger brother of goalkeeper Aleksandar Maksimović (note: some sources reference family links in Serbian football).
• Part of Torino’s strong defensive units in Serie A before moving to Napoli, where he served mainly as squad/rotational centre-back.

Current status: Professional player (club career continued in Italy; exact club status may have changed since last update).