Mato Jajalo

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Mato Jajalo
Personal information

Date of birth	(1988-05-25) 25 May 1988
Place of birth	Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	1. FC Köln
Number	19
Youth career
1993–1999	Kickers Offenbach
1999–2007	Slaven Belupo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007–2009	Slaven Belupo	62	(8)
2009–2011	Siena	25	(0)
2010–2011	→ 1. FC Köln (loan)	30	(2)
2011–	1. FC Köln	58	(3)
National team^‡
2007–2008	Croatia U20	7	(1)
2007–2010	Croatia U21	21	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2010

Mato Jajalo (born 25 May 1988 in Jajce) is a Croatian football midfielder, currently playing for 1. FC Köln in the 2. Bundesliga.

Career

Jajalo rose through the ranks of Slaven Belupo and has become a starter and key player in the 2006–07 campaign, thus far scoring four goals in 18 appearances. On 1 June 2009, Jajalo was transferred to A.C. Siena for an undisclosed fee.^[1] Since October, Jajalo had established himself into the starting lineup at Siena. In July 2010, Siena agreed on a one-year loan deal with 1. FC Köln with a clause in which the German club can buy out his contract.^[2] In June 2011, he signed a contract making him Köln player on a permanent basis.^[3]

International career

Jajalo has represented Croatia under various youth levels and was a member and a captain of the Croatian national under-21 team.^[4]

References

↑ Rupnik, Borna (1 June 2009). "Jajalo ipak otišao u Italiju". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
↑ Vlahović, Nikola (2 July 2010). "Soldo potpisao Jajala". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
↑ Rupnik, Borna (18 June 2011). "Jajalo: Potpisat ću u ponedjeljak". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
↑ "Jajalo in die Serie A" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

External links

Mato Jajalo at nogometni-magazin (Croatian)
Mato Jajalo at Transfermarkt

v t e 1. FC Köln – current squad

1 Horn 2 Brečko 4 Golobart 5 Maroh 6 Nascimento 7 Chihi 8 Matuschyk 9 Ujah 11 Bröker 13 Schuhen 14 Hector 15 Thiel 16 Helmes 17 Peszko 18 Kessler 19 Jajalo 20 Risse 21 Bigalke 22 Halfar 23 McKenna 25 Nagasawa 26 Finne 27 Exslager 28 Wimmer 30 Schnellhardt 31 Gerhardt 33 Lehmann Manager: Stöger

Persondata
Name	Jajalo, Mato
Alternative names
Short description	Croatian footballer
Date of birth	25 May 1988
Place of birth	Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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