Matej Jonjić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎtej jǒːɲitɕ];[1][2] born 29 January 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as centre back for Korean club Incheon United.

Matej Jonjić
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Incheon United
Number 82
Youth career
Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Hajduk Split 20 (1)
2009–2010Zadar (loan) 13 (0)
2011–2012 → Zadar (loan) 26 (0)
2014Osijek (loan) 31 (7)
2015–2016 Incheon United 71 (0)
2017–2020 Cerezo Osaka 135 (11)
2021 Shanghai Shenhua 18 (1)
2022–2024 Cerezo Osaka 26 (1)
2024– Incheon United 10 (0)
International career
2007 Croatia U-16 8 (0)
2007–2008 Croatia U-17 10 (0)
2009 Croatia U-18 6 (0)
2008–2010 Croatia U-19 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2010

He has represented Croatia at youth level, having earned caps with all of the youth teams beginning with the Croatia under-16 team.[3]

Club career

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Born in Split, Jonjić is a product of the Hajduk Split academy. He was loaned out to NK Zadar in June 2009 where he made his professional debut and went on to appear in 13 matches for Zadar before he returned to Hajduk in January 2010. He later appeared in two matches for Hajduk in the second part of the 2009–10 season.[4] After collecting only seven appearances in competitive matches in the following season, Jonjić was loaned to Zadar for the second time in June 2011.[5]

Career statistics

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As of 5 November 2022[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hajduk Split 2009–10 Prva HNL 2 0 0 0 2 0
2010–11 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2012–13 11 1 2 0 2 0 15 1
2013–14 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
Total 20 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 1
Zadar (loan) 2009–10 Prva HNL 13 0 0 0 13 0
2011–12 26 0 0 0 26 0
Total 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
Osijek (loan) 2013–14 Prva HNL 13 3 2 0 15 3
2014–15 18 4 2 1 20 5
Total 31 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 8
Incheon United 2015 K League 37 0 5 0 42 0
2016 34 0 3 0 37 0
Total 71 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0
Cerezo Osaka 2017 J1 League 34 6 3 0 5 1 42 7
2018 33 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 1[a] 0 42 2
2019 34 1 2 1 2 0 38 2
2020 34 2 4 0 38 2
Total 135 11 7 1 13 1 4 0 1 0 160 13
Shanghai Shenhua 2021 Chinese Super League 18 1 5 0 23 1
Cerezo Osaka 2022 J1 League 26 1 2 1 7 1 35 3
Career total 340 21 30 3 20 2 8 0 1 0 399 26
  1. ^ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup

References

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  1. ^ "Màtej". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018. Màtej
  2. ^ "Ìvan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018. Jónjić
  3. ^ "Statistics - Caps: Matej Jonjić". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ^ "JONJIĆ ( Jonjić Matej - Hrvatska ) - Hajduk". Nogometni magazin (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  5. ^ Štrbinić, Lovro (30 June 2011). "Zadar s Jonjićem na pripreme". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  6. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 26 out of 289)
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 146 out of 289)
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