Matej Jonjić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tochigi City FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hajduk Split | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2015 | Hajduk Split | 20 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Zadar (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Zadar (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Osijek (loan) | 31 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Incheon United | 71 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Cerezo Osaka | 135 | (11) |
| 2021 | Shanghai Shenhua | 18 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Cerezo Osaka | 48 | (1) |
| 2024 | Incheon United | 29 | (1) |
| 2025– | Tochigi City FC | 0 | (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 23 January 2025, 11:11 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2010 | |||
Matej Jonjić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎtej jǒːɲitɕ];[1][2] born 29 January 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as centre back for J3 League club, Tochigi City FC.
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
[edit]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]
On 23 January 2025, Jonjić was announce official transfer to J3 promoted club, Tochigi City FC for 2025 season.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| 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 Classic | 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 | ||
| 2023 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Incheon United | 2024 | K League 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |||||
| Tochigi City FC | 2025 | J3 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 391 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 455 | 28 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup
Honours
[edit]- Cerezo Osaka
Individual
[edit]- K League Best XI: 2015, 2016
- J.League Outstanding player awards: 2017, 2019, 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "Màtej". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
Màtej
- ^ "Ìvan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
Jónjić
- ^ "Statistics - Caps: Matej Jonjić". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ "JONJIĆ ( Jonjić Matej - Hrvatska ) - Hajduk". Nogometni magazin (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Štrbinić, Lovro (30 June 2011). "Zadar s Jonjićem na pripreme". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "【TOP】マテイ ヨニッチ選手 加入のお知らせ" (Press release). 栃木シティFC. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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)
External links
[edit]- Profile at Cerezo Osaka Archived 23 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Matej Jonjić at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Matej Jonjić – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
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- 1991 births
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- Footballers from Split, Croatia
- Men's association football central defenders
- Croatian men's footballers
- Croatia men's youth international footballers
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- NK Zadar players
- NK Osijek players
- Incheon United FC players
- Cerezo Osaka players
- Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
- Tochigi City FC players
- Croatian Football League players
- K League 1 players
- J1 League players
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- Chinese Super League players
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- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
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