Nikola Matas

Nikola Matas

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-06-22) 22 June 1987
Place of birth	Sinj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Free agent
Youth career
–2005	Junak Sinj
2005	Zagreb
2006	Junak Sinj
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Junak Sinj	?	(?)
2007–2009	Trogir	30	(0)
2009–2010	Junak Sinj	15	(0)
2010	Hrvace	14	(4)
2011	Uskok	11	(3)
2012	Hrvace	20	(2)
2012-2013	Junak Sinj	23	(2)
2013	Lokomotiva	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2014

Nikola Matas (born 22 June 1987 in Sinj) is a Croatian football defender who is currently a free agent after playing for NK Lokomotiva.

Career

Nikola Matas went up through the ranks of his hometown's NK Junak Sinj academy, spending half a season in NK Zagreb, aged 18. He returned, however to Junak for his first senior season. He joined the newly promoted Druga HNL team, featuring in both their seasons at that rank, before returning to his home team, for another season in Croatia's second tier. Leaving the club again in the summer of 2010, he went on to spend 2 seasons in the Treća HNL Jug, playing for nearby NK Hrvace and NK Uskok.

This was followed by yet another return to Junak and the Druga HNL. Despite the club's relegation at the end of the season, his performances drew interest from Prva HNL sides, and he signed a 4-year contract with NK Lokomotiva.

He started off as the first choice at the right back position there, after the departure of Ivan Boras and the injury of Toni Gorupec. After the first seven rounds, however, he faded from the team and left the club at the winter break.

External links

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• Nikola Matas at Transfermarkt.de

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