The Serbian midfielder Nikola Mitrovic arrived at Maccabi Tel Aviv at the beginning of the 2013/14 season from the Hungarian side Videoton FC, where he played for two seasons and scored seven goals in 55 league appearances. Of those two seasons, one and a half were played under current Maccabi head coach Paulo Sousa, for whom he scored three goals and made 15 assists in 62 appearances in all competitions. In his two seasons at Videoton, the 27 year-old Mitrovic left an impressive legacy of nine assists and one goal in his first season and six goals and five assists in his second.

Mitrovic was born in the Serbian town of Krusevac and rose through the ranks of the youth set-up at the local side FK Napredak, where he ultimately played three seasons for their senior squad. In 2007 the holding midfielder left his hometown club and joined one of the biggest teams in Serbia, FK Partizan Belgrade, where in his first season he celebrated with the club the league and cup double. After a further two seasons at FK Napredak, interrupted by a single season at the Russian side FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, Mitrovic left Serbia in the 2010/11 season for the Hungarian side Ujpest FC. where his passing talents in his role as holding midfielder finally emerged. In his one season at Ujpest, Mitrovic registered twelve assists and a goal before moving on to Videoton in the 2011/12 season, winning there the League Cup and two Hungarian Super Cups.

Mitrovic's maiden appearance for Maccabi Tel Aviv came in matchweek 1 of the 2013/14 season when he came off the bench in his side's 0-2 away win against Hapoel Acre.

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