Bojan Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Матић; born 22 December 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for FK Dečić.[3]

Bojan Matic
Personal information
Full name Bojan Matic [1]
Date of birth (1991-12-22) 22 December 1991 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre forward[2]
Team information
Current team
FK Dečić
Number 50
Youth career
Jedinstvo Novi Bečej
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Jedinstvo Novi Bečej [a]135 (61)
2013–2015 Senta 52 (25)
2015 Zemun 3 (0)
2016 Loznica 7 (2)
2016–2018 Mačva Šabac 61 (25)
2018 FC Seoul 9 (1)
2019–2020 Vojvodina 32 (13)
2020–2021 Partizan 18 (3)
2020–2021Atromitos (loan) 17 (0)
2021 Pakhtakor Tashkent 12 (2)
2022 Vojvodina 14 (4)
2022–2023 Napredak 29 (3)
2023–2024 Al-Shaeib
2024– FK Dečić 5 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2024

Club career edit

Early years edit

Born in Zrenjanin, Matić passed youth categories of Jedinstvo Novi Bečej.[4] He joined the first team in 2008 at the age of 16. He scored one goal in eight caps for the club until the end of 2007–08 season.[5] After scoring 6 goals in 15 matches in the first half of 2009–10 season, Matić was elected the Best Young Athlete of Novi Bečej in 2009.[6] He was also marked as one of the most important players for avoiding relegation in the league after the end of season.[7] In total, Matić was a member of the first team for six seasons in the Vojvodina League East.[8] With 18 goals scored in 27 matches, he helped the team win the competition in the 2012–13 season and take promotion to the Serbian League Vojvodina.[9] In summer 2013, he left the club and joined Senta,[10][11] helping the team to take the first place after the mid-season.[12] Shortly after, Matić moved on trial to Partizan, where he scored a few goals in friendly matches, but failed to sign a contract.[13] In his two seasons with Senta, Matić collected 52 appearances and scored 25 goals.[8] After a short spell with Zemun in late 2015, Matić joined Loznica in early 2016.[14] He earned seven appearances, mostly as a back-up choice, and scored three goals.[8][15][16]

Mačva Šabac edit

In summer 2016, Matić signed with Mačva Šabac,[17] scoring a brace in his debut match against Sloboda Užice.[18] He scored a total of eight goals in the first half of the season,[19] and added six more in the second, ending as the league's second-highest goalscorer behind Uroš Đerić. He was included in the Best Eleven of the 2016–17 Serbian First League season by Serbian newspaper Sportski žurnal.[20] On 29 July 2017, Matić scored his first goal in the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season in a 1–0 victory over his former club Zemun, giving Mačva their first ever points in the top tier of Serbian football.[21] He also scored two goals in a 4–0 away win against Javor Ivanjica in the next match, after which he was elected as the player of the week in the domestic competition.[2] After scoring five goals in four matches in August 2017, Matić was elected as the player of the month in the Serbian SuperLiga.[22]

FC Seoul edit

On 17 July 2018, Matić signed a one-and-a-half year contract with K League 1 side FC Seoul.[23]

On 24 January 2019, Matić's contract with FC Seoul was terminated by mutual consent.[24]

Vojvodina edit

On 8 February 2019, Matić signed a two-year-deal with Vojvodina.[25] In late July 2019, Matić extended his contract with Vojvodina until June 2021.[26]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 11 August 2022[15][27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jedinstvo Novi Bečej 2007–08[5] Vojvodina League East 8 1 8 1
2008–09[28] 29 3 29 3
2009–10[29] 30 14 30 14
2010–11[30] 28 21 28 21
2011–12[31] 13[a] 4 13 4
2012–13[9] 27 18 27 18
Total 135 61 135 61
Senta 2013–14[8] Serbian League Vojvodina 27 14 27 14
2014–15[8] 25 11 25 11
Total 52 25 52 25
Zemun[b] 2015–16[8] Serbian First League 3 0 2[c] 0 5 0
Loznica 2015–16[8] 7 2 7 2
Mačva Šabac 2016–17 27 14 27 14
2017–18[35] Serbian SuperLiga 34 11 3 0 37 11
Total 61 25 3 0 64 25
FC Seoul 2018 K League 1 9 1 2 0 11 1
Vojvodina 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 14 4 0 0 14 4
2019–20 18 9 1 0 19 9
Total 32 13 1 0 33 13
Partizan 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 10 3 3 1 13 4
2020–21 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
Total 18 3 3 1 1 0 22 4
Atromitos (loan) 2020–21 Super League Greece 17 0 2 0 19 0
Pakhtakor 2021 Uzbekistan Super League 12 2 4 0 16 2
Vojvodina 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 14 4 1 0 0 0 15 4
Napredak 2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 360 136 18 1 1 0 0 0 379 137
  1. ^ a b Missing stats for the second half of the 2011–12 season
  2. ^ He is also wrongly referred as Stevan Matić on Soccerway due to his father's name[32]
  3. ^ Including preliminary round match against Jedinstvo Putevi[33] and first round match against Spartak Subotica[34]

Honours edit

Jedinstvo Novi Bečej
Mačva Šabac

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Bojan Matić" (in Serbian). FK Loznica. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Igrač kola: Raspucani Bojan Matić i poluvreme iz snova Šapčana". Serbian SuperLiga (in Serbian). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. ^ "MATIĆ POJAČAO NAPAD – FK Napredak" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  4. ^ "Bojan Matić". FK Senta (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Nоvоbеčејci u luci spаsа". webinfo.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Letopis 2009" (PDF). novibecej.rs (in Serbian). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Vojvođanska liga – Istok: Spas u poslednji čas". becejski-mozaik.co.rs (in Serbian). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Matic, Bojan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Novobečejci među prvoligašima nakon 28 godina". webinfo.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Fudbaleri Jedinstva u punom pogonu". novibechej.com (in Serbian). 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Transferi za sezonu 2013. - 2014". FK Senta (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Jesenje lovorike zasađene u Narodnoj bašti". Krstarica (in Serbian). 24 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Matić dvostruki strelac za Partizan, pogodio i Đovani". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 5 December 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Novi fudbaleri na Lagatoru predvodi ih internacionalac Vujović". loznicainfo.com (in Serbian). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  15. ^ a b c Bojan Matić at Soccerway
  16. ^ "U Loznici bio rezerva sad ga traži pola Evrope (video)". loznicainfo.com (in Serbian). 5 November 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Startovale pripreme Mačve". fudbal.info (in Serbian). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ "Bojan Matić obradovao Šapčane". penal.rs (in Serbian). 14 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  19. ^ Матић: Почело је да се шапуће о првом месту. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  20. ^ Погледајте Журналов тим сезоне Прве лиге Србије: Кировски и Ђерић најбољи!. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  21. ^ "SL: Istorijska pobeda Mačve nad Zemunom". B92 (in Serbian). 29 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  22. ^ "Debitant u Superligi najbolji igrač avgusta!". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  23. ^ "FC Seoul sign Serbian striker Matic". Yonhap News Agency. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  24. ^ '마티치 결별' 서울, 외국인 공격수 바꾼다…페시치 협상 본격화
  25. ^ Matić potpisao za Vojvodinu: Nisam nečastan at zurnal.rs, 8-2-2019 (in Serbian)
  26. ^ Milojević i Gojkov raskinuli, Saničanin i Matić produžili ugovore Archived 2022-06-06 at the Wayback Machine at FK Vojvodina, 25-7-2019 (in Serbian)
  27. ^ Stevan Matić at Soccerway
  28. ^ "Pоbеdа na rаstаnku". webinfo.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  29. ^ "FK Jedinstvo Novi Bečej: Sezona za zaborav". becejski-mozaik.co.rs (in Serbian). 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  30. ^ "Vojvođanska liga Istok: Novobečejci opravdali očekivanja". becejski-mozaik.co.rs (in Serbian). 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  31. ^ "FK Jedinstvo Novi Bečej: Zimovanje na koti sedam". becejski-mozaik.co.rs (in Serbian). 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  32. ^ "Matić, Bojan". Serbian First League (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  33. ^ "PRETKOLO KUPA: Zemun- Jedinstvo Putevi 1:0". infoera.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  34. ^ "Zemun vs. Spartak Subotica 0–1". int.soccerway.com. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  35. ^ "Matić, Bojan 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 August 2017.

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