Nemanja Motika

Nemanja Motika (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Мотика; born 20 March 2003) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a winger or forward for German club Bayern Munich II.[1]

Nemanja Motika
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Club information
Current team
 Bayern Munich II
Number 16
Youth career
BFC Preussen
0000–2012 Hertha Zehlendorf
2012–2017 Hertha BSC
2017– Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Bayern Munich II 26 (16)
National team‡
2018 Germany U16 1 (0)
2021– Serbia U19 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2021

Club career

Motika made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II in the 3. Liga on 9 May 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute for Rémy Vita against SpVgg Unterhaching. Four minutes later, he scored his first goal for the club, halving Bayern's deficit to 2–1. The home match finished as a loss with no further goals scored.[2]

International career

Motika played one match for the Germany national under-16 team in September 2018 against Cyprus.[3] In November 2020, he was called up to train with the Serbia national under-19 team.[4]

Personal life

Motika was born in Berlin, and is of Serbian descent.[1] His father hails from the Nišići plateau near Sarajevo, and his mother hails from Vranje.[5]

References
  1. Nemanja Motika at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Germany » 3. Liga 2020/2021 » 36. Round » Bayern München II – SpVgg Unterhaching 1:2". WorldFootball.net. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. "U16 Friendlies 2018 » September » Cyprus – Germany 2:3". WorldFootball.net. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. "U19 | На окупу нова такмичарска генерација омладинаца, селектор Игор Спасић позвао 27 играча на мини - припреме" [U19 | At the gathering of the new competitive generation of youth, the selector Igor Spasić invited 27 players to mini-preparations]. Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. Kostić, Katarina (10 January 2021). "Mladi fudbaler Bajerna za SK: Uskoro ću debitovati za Srbiju". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 July 2021.


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