Nikola Matas
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 June 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Sinj, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
200?–2005 | Junak Sinj | ||
2005 | Zagreb | ||
2006 | Junak Sinj | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Junak Sinj | ||
2007–2009 | Trogir | 30 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Junak Sinj | 15 | (0) |
2010 | Hrvace | 14 | (4) |
2011 | Uskok | 11 | (3) |
2012 | Hrvace | 20 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Junak Sinj | 23 | (2) |
2013 | Lokomotiva | 7 | (0) |
2014–2018 | Osijek | 108 | (1) |
2018 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 13 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Nafta 1903 | 9 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Dugopolje | ||
2020 | HNK Val | ||
National team | |||
2017 | Croatia | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:41, 1 June 2019 (UTC) |
Nikola Matas (Croatian pronunciation: [nǐkola mâtas];[1][2] born 22 June 1987) is a Croatian football defender.
Career[]
Nikola Matas went up through the ranks of his hometown's NK Junak Sinj academy, spending half a season in NK Zagreb, aged 18. He returned, however to Junak for his first senior season. He joined the newly promoted Druga HNL team, featuring in both their seasons at that rank, before returning to his home team, for another season in Croatia's second tier. Leaving the club again in the summer of 2010, he went on to spend 2 seasons in the Treća HNL Jug, playing for nearby NK Hrvace and NK Uskok.
This was followed by yet another return to Junak and the Druga HNL. Despite the club's relegation at the end of the season, his performances drew interest from Prva HNL sides, and he signed a 4-year contract with NK Lokomotiva.[3]
He started off as the first choice at the right back position there, after the departure of Ivan Boras and the injury of Toni Gorupec. After the first seven rounds, however, he faded from the team and left the club at the winter break.
References[]
External links[]
- Nikola Matas at Soccerway
- Nikola Matas at Croatian Football Statistics
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Croatian footballers
- Association football defenders
- People from Sinj
- Croatian First Football League players
- Croatian Second Football League players
- NK Lokomotiva players
- NK Osijek players
- NK Junak Sinj players
- HNK Trogir players
- NK Uskok players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- NK Krško players
- NK Nafta Lendava players
- NK Dugopolje players
- Croatia international footballers