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Matija Ljujić
Personal information
Full name Matija Ljujić
Date of birth (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Prijepolje, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bnei Yehuda
Number 27
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Teleoptik 102 (11)
2014 Partizan 0 (0)
2014Mladost Lučani (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 Rad 21 (1)
2016–2017 Žalgiris 44 (7)
2018 Wellington Phoenix 14 (2)
2018–2019 Belenenses SAD 30 (0)
2019– Bnei Yehuda 27 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2020

Matija Ljujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Љујић; born 28 October 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bnei Yehuda in the Israeli Premier League.

Career

Early career

Ljujic is a product of the FK Partizan academy.[1]

FK Rad

Ljujić played for Rad in the Serbian SuperLiga in 2015–16 season.[2]

FK Žalgiris

On 15 June 2016 he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris.[3]

Wellington Phoenix

On 9 January 2018, Ljujić signed for Wellington Phoenix till the end of their 2017–18 season.[4][5] He scored his first goal for the club in his debut home game against Western Sydney Wanderers, a long-range dipping strike that beat Vedran Janjetović in goal.[6]

Belenenses

On 1 June 2018, Ljujić joined Belenenses on a three-year contract.[7]

Bnei Yehuda

On 18 September 2019 Ljujić signed the Israeli Premier League club from the city Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda.

Personal life

His father, Sinisa "Maca" Ljujic, is a football coach.[8]

References

  1. ^ Phoenix imports Andrija Kaludjerovic and Matija Ljujic on football's 'crazy' derby stuff.co.nz
  2. ^ "Matija Ljujić". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Vilniaus "Žalgiryje" – dar vienas naujokas" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ Hyslop, Liam (9 January 2018). "New assistant coach, new import arrive for Wellington Phoenix ahead of Melbourne Victory clash". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Wellington Phoenix sign Serbian midfielder Matija Ljujic until end of the A-League season". Newshub. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ^ Wellington Phoenix new boy Matija Ljujic will give '100 per cent' to his new club stuff.co.nz
  7. ^ "Matija Ljucic certo para o meio-campo" [Matija Ljucic right to the midfield]. Report.pt (in Portuguese). 1 June 2018.
  8. ^ Interview with Matija Ljujić