Matej Mitrović

Matej Mitrović
Personal information
Full name Matej Mitrović
Date of birth (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993
Place of birth Požega, Croatia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club 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)
National team‡
2012 Croatia U19 8 (1)
2012−2013 Croatia U20 5 (1)
2013−2014 Croatia U21 5 (0)
2014− Croatia 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2011–12 Cibalia 1. HNL 4010–50
2012–13 33060–390
2013–14 2. HNL 30––30
Cibalia total 4007000470
2013–14 Rijeka 1. HNL 8041–121
2014–15 2613080371
2015–16 2315010291
2016–17 2013120252
Rijeka total 10131521101035
2016–17 Beşiktaş Süper Lig 703040140
Beşiktaş total 703040140
Career total 14832521501645
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. ↑
  6. ↑ Croatian Football Federation
  7. ↑ BBC.com
  8. ↑ "Mitrović, Matej". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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