Matej Maglica
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Slavonski Brod, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St. Gallen | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Marsonia | |||
| 2015–2016 | Backnang | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Backnang II | 33 | (8) |
| 2017–2019 | Backnang | 35 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Göppingen | 19 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | Stuttgart II | 40 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Stuttgart | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → St. Gallen (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2022– | St. Gallen | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2022 | |||
Matej Maglica (born 25 September 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss club St. Gallen.
Club career
A youth product of the Croatian club Marsonia, Maglica moved to Germany with the youth academy of Backnang in 2015. He was promoted to their reserves, and eventually their senior team in 2017 before transferring to Göppingen.[2] He joined Stuttgart II in June 2020, and after a successful debut season signed an extension on 2 April 2021.[3] He made his professional debut with Stuttgart in a 1–0 Bundesliga loss to Arminia Bielefeld on 6 November 2021.[4]
On 3 January 2022, Maglica joined St. Gallen on loan until the end of the season.[5] On 7 June 2022, St. Gallen exercised their option to purchase Maglica's contract.[6]
References
- ^ "FC St.Gallen 1879 | Maglica Matej". FC St. Gallen (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Matej Maglica verlässt die TSG Backnang". Backnanger Kreiszeitung.
- ^ "Vertrag mit Matej Maglica vorzeitig verlängert". VfB Stuttgart.
- ^ "Stuttgart vs. Arminia Bielefeld - 6 November 2021 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Drei Neuzugänge für den FCSG" (in German). FC St. Gallen. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Maglica signs for St. Gallen". vfb.de. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
External links
- Matej Maglica at Soccerway.com
- Matej Maglica at WorldFootball.net
- Matej Maglica at kicker (in German)
- Matej Maglica at the German Football Association
- DFB Profile
- FuPa Profile
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Slavonski Brod
- Association football central defenders
- Croatian footballers
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- FC St. Gallen players
- Regionalliga players
- Bundesliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland