Mato Jajalo

Mato Jajalo

Jajalo in 2010
Personal information
Full name Mato Jajalo
Date of birth (1988-05-25) 25 May 1988
Place of birth Jajce, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Palermo
Number 8
Youth career
1993–1999 DJK Eiche Offenbach
1999–2007 Slaven Belupo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Slaven Belupo 63 (8)
2009–2011 Siena 25 (0)
2010–2011 → 1. FC Köln (loan) 30 (2)
2011–2014 1. FC Köln 60 (3)
2014 → Sarajevo (loan) 9 (0)
2014–2015 Rijeka 18 (1)
2015– Palermo 70 (2)
National team‡
2008–2009 Croatia U20 7 (1)
2007–2010 Croatia U21 21 (4)
2014–2015 Croatia 2 (0)
2016– Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:54, 13 June 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:54, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Mato Jajalo (born 25 May 1988) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Palermo and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Early life

Due to the war in then SFR Yugoslavia, his family fled to Germany in 1990 when he was just two years old. There he grew up in Offenbach and started playing football at local DJK Eiche Offenbach. When he was eleven years old, the family moved again, settling down close to Koprivnica in Croatia.[2]

Club career

Slaven Belupo

Jajalo rose through the ranks of Slaven Belupo and debuted in the 2007–08 campaign.[3]

Siena

On 1 June 2009, Jajalo was transferred to Siena for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €2 million.[4]

Köln

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, with the one-year loan spell cost the Bundesliga side an estimated €250,000.[5]

In June 2011, he signed a contract making him Köln player on a permanent basis for €2 million.[6] The following season, Jajalo made just 6 appearances in the first half of the season, not one after round 7, and was therefore loaned out to Bosnian Premier League side Sarajevo for the remainder of the season.[7]

Rijeka

On 24 June 2014, Jajalo signed a two-year contract with Rijeka.[8] He was released by Rijeka on disciplinary grounds on 23 January 2015 as he escaped from the training camp on 12 January for unexplained reasons.[9][10]

Palermo

On 28 January 2015 he was signed by Italian club Palermo on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract.[11]

International career

Jajalo has represented Croatia on various youth levels and was a captain of the Croatia under-21.[12]

He made his senior debut on 12 November 2014 in a friendly match against Argentina in London, coming as a 65th-minute substitute for Anas Sharbini.[13]

In July 2016 he switched his allegiance to Bosnia and Herzegovina, his country of birth.[14] Jajalo got his first call-up for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Belgium in October 2016, where he made his debut.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 August 2017.[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Slaven Belupo 2007–08 1. HNL 3143030–374
2008–09 1. HNL 3242040–384
Total 6385070–758
Siena 2009–10 Serie A 25010––260
Köln (loan) 2010–11 Bundesliga 30230––332
Köln 2011–12 Bundesliga 31322––335
2012–13 Bundesliga 24020––260
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 5010––60
Total 90582––987
Sarajevo (loan) 2013–14 Premijer Liga 9061––151
Rijeka 2014–15 1. HNL 181211201[lower-alpha 1]0332
Palermo 2014–15 Serie A 161–––161
2015–16 Serie A 28010––290
2016–17 Serie A 26100––261
2017–18 Serie B 0010––10
Total 70220––722
Career total 275162441901031920
  1. ↑ Appearance in 2014 Croatian Super Cup

International

As of match played 9 June 2017.[17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
201620
201720
Total40

Honours

Sarajevo
Rijeka

References

  1. ↑ "Mato Jajalo". palermocalcio.it. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mato Jajalo: Traum vom Fußballprofi gab's nicht" [Mato Jajalo: There was no dream of being a professional footballer] (in German). Kölnische Rundschau. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mato Jajalo novi zmaj" (in Bosnian).
  4. ↑ Rupnik, Borna (1 June 2009). "Jajalo ipak otišao u Italiju". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Vlahović, Nikola (2 July 2010). "Soldo potpisao Jajala". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Rupnik, Borna (18 June 2011). "Jajalo: Potpisat ću u ponedjeljak". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Jajalo to Sarajevo" (in Bosnian).
  8. ↑ "Potpisao Mato Jajalo". nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian). 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Vujnović, Korado (13 January 2015). "Jajalo pobjegao s priprema". Radio Rijeka (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Vujnović, Korado (23 January 2015). "Razišli se Rijeka i Jajalo". Radio Rijeka (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Jajalo e' rosanero contratto fino al 2019" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Youth captain goes to Soldo's Köln" (in Croatian).
  13. ↑ "Argentina 2-1 Croatia". BBC Sport. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Mato Jajalo može igrati za BiH" (in Bosnian).
  15. ↑ "Baždarević vratio u reprezentaciju Sušića, poziv dobio i Mato Jajalo". index.hr. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "M. Jajalo". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  17. ↑ Jajalo profile at National-Football-Teams.com
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