Matej Jonjić
Matej Jonjić (Croatian pronunciation: [mǎtej jǒːɲitɕ];[1][2] born 29 January 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as defender. He played for Cerezo Osaka in the J-League after transferring from Hajduk Split, and currently played for Chinese Super League team Shanghai Shenhua. He is a Croatia youth international having earned caps with all of the youth teams beginning with the Croatia under-16 team.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matej Jonjić | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| 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) |
| 2017–2021 | Cerezo Osaka | 135 | (11) |
| 2021– | Shanghai Shenhua | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 July 2010 | |||
Career
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 2 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]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||
| Career Total | 296 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 341 | 22 | ||
1Includes Japanese Super Cup.
References
- "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.
- 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
- Profile at Cerezo Osaka Archived 23 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Matej Jonjić at J.League (in Japanese)
- Matej Jonjić – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)