Katic Nikola World Cup 2026 player profile
Katic Nikola is listed for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Katic Nikola is currently classified as a squad-support defender: regular squad option, defensive role profile, and strong aerial frame. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- regular squad option; 18 caps and 2 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- squad-support player in this data package, ranked 9 by impact inside the Bosnia and Herzegovina squad and 3 among defender entries.
- defensive role profile; strong aerial frame.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 18 |
| International goals | 2 |
| Impact score | 70 |
| Squad impact rank | 9 |
| Role impact rank | 3 |
| Role profile | squad-support · defensive role profile |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Does the player improve the rotation floor without becoming the central dependency?
- Does aerial size matter against the next opponent's set-piece and crossing profile?
Archive context
| Team power score | 57 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA rank | 64 |
| Group path | B |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 24 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina fixtures
- Canada vs Bosnia and HerzegovinaFinished 1-1 · Jun 13, 03:00 · Toronto
- Switzerland vs Bosnia and HerzegovinaScheduled · Jun 19, 03:00 · Los Angeles (Inglewood)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina vs QatarScheduled · Jun 25, 03:00 · Seattle
Related teammates
- Dzeko EdinForward · impact 96
- Demirovic ErmedinForward · impact 82
- Kolasinac SeadDefender · impact 81
- Hadziahmetovic AmirMidfielder · impact 75
- Hadzikadunic DennisDefender · impact 72
- Burnic DzenisMidfielder · impact 71
- Tabakovic HarisForward · impact 71
- Vasilj NikolaGoalkeeper · impact 70
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina team radarFull squad, team strengths, and fixture list.
- All player profilesBrowse the World Cup 2026 player library.
- Discovery hubEvery team, match, venue, and tournament page.