Nikitović played for Crvena zvezda, Radnički Obrenovac, Umka, Doboj (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and CSU Sibiu of the Romanian League.

[5] Later he moved to Crvena zvezda where he worked as assistant coach with Dragan Šakota and Stevan Karadžić.

[6][7] On 19 February 2019 Olimpija parted ways with Nikitović after the contract was terminated by a mutual agreement.

[8] In June 2019, was named the under-18 team head coach for Dynamic Belgrade, as well as their youth system coordinator.

He was an assistant coach of Aleksandar Kesar in the university team of Serbia at two Summer Universiades, 2007 in Bangkok and 2009 in Belgrade.