Matej Mitrović

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Matej Mitrović
Personal information
Full name Matej Mitrović
Date of birth (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Požega, Croatia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 2
Youth career
2002−2005 Kutjevo
2005−2009 Kamen Ingrad
2009−2011 Papuk Velika
2011 Cibalia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011−2013 Cibalia 40 (0)
2013−2017 Rijeka 77 (3)
2017– Beşiktaş 7 (0)
International career‡
2012 Croatia U19 8 (1)
2012−2013 Croatia U20 5 (1)
2013−2014 Croatia U21 5 (0)
2014− Croatia 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2016

Matej Mitrović (born 10 November 1993) is a Croatian football defender playing for Beşiktaş and Croatia national football team.

Club career

Mitrović made his professional debut for HNK Cibalia on 25 February 2012, age 18, coming on as a substitute in an away win against NK Slaven Belupo.[1] In September 2013, he signed a two-year contract with HNK Rijeka in the Croatian First Football League.[2] During his first season with Rijeka, Mitrović was member of the squad that won the Croatian Cup, scoring in the final against GNK Dinamo Zagreb.[3] In June 2016, he signed a new three-year contract which ties him with the club until June 2019.[4] In January of 2017 he moved to Besiktas in a deal worth €4,2m signing a 3 year contract with the Turkish club.[5]

International career

In November 2014, Mitrović received his first senior national team call-up, when Niko Kovač called him up as an injury replacement for Gordon Schildenfeld. He made his Croatia debut in a friendly against Argentina on 12 November 2014.[6] In October 2016, Mitrović was called up by Ante Čačić as an injury replacement for Dejan Lovren for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo and Finland. On 6 October 2016, he scored his first international goal in the match against Kosovo, played in Shkodër, Albania.[7]

Club statistics

Season Club League League Cup & Supercup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2011–12 Cibalia 1. HNL 4 0 1 0 – 5 0
2012–13 33 0 6 0 – 39 0
2013–14 2. HNL 3 0 – – 3 0
Cibalia total 40 0 7 0 0 0 47 0
2013–14 Rijeka 1. HNL 8 0 4 1 – 12 1
2014–15 26 1 3 0 8 0 37 1
2015–16 23 1 5 0 1 0 29 1
2016–17 20 1 3 1 2 0 25 2
Rijeka total 101 3 15 2 11 0 103 5
2016–17 Beşiktaş Süper Lig 7 0 3 0 4 0 14 0
Beşiktaş total 7 0 3 0 4 0 14 0
Career total 148 3 25 2 15 0 164 5
Last Update: 5 June 2017.

International statistics

As of 15 November 2016
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2014 1 0
2015 0 0
2016 3 1
Total 4 1

International goals

Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first.[8]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 October 2016 Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania  Kosovo 4–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Rijeka
Beşiktaş
Individual

References

  1. ^ Croatian Football Statistics
  2. ^ Radio Rijeka
  3. ^ Croatian Football Statistics
  4. ^ HNK Rijeka
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Croatian Football Federation
  7. ^ BBC.com
  8. ^ "Mitrović, Matej". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

External links

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