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Nikola Paunic... sports family (cross-country skiing sister Milica, karate sister Bojana)... speaks Serbian and English... both of his parents were born in Sokolac, BIH... he was less than a year old when he moved from Podgorica to Sokolac; he was seven years old when he moved to Toronto in 2001... grew up playing soccer... he was eight years old when he started playing for Serbian White Eagles... favourites have included Nemanja Vidic, Red Star Belgrade... other favourites have included Novak Djokovic...
he was 18 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2012 with coach Nick Dasovic...
