Nina Matejić (Serbian Cyrillic: Нина Матејић; born 8 February 2005) is a Serbian football forward who plays for Serbian Women's Super League club ŽFK Crvena zvezda[2] and the Serbia women's national football team.
 Matejić in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nina Matejić | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Velika Plana, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crvena Zvezda | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | ŽFK Požarevac | ||
| 2021–2022 | Sloga Zemun | 20 | (11) |
| 2022– | Crvena Zvezda | 4 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Serbia U17 | 6 | (5) |
| 2022– | Serbia U19 | 17 | (23) |
| 2021– | Serbia | 14 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[citation needed] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[1] | |||
Club career
editAs a youth player Matejić was scouted by Bayern Munich. She performed well in a training spell with the German team, but they were not allowed to sign her until she was 18 years old.[3] She joined ŽFK Požarevac of the Serbian Women's Super League in 2020 and was named "Player of the half-Season" in January 2021 after she scored 11 of her team's 16 league goals.[3] In the summer of 2022 she joined ŽFK Crvena zvezda, commonly known as Red Star Belgrade.
International career
editMatejić was called into the senior Serbia women's national football team for the first time for the 2021 Turkish Women's Cup.[4]
She scored after three minutes in the opening 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match against Germany in Chemnitz on 21 September 2021, but Serbia were beaten 5–1.
In October 2021, Matejić scored again as a Serbia team depleted by injuries and COVID-19 lost their next qualifier 2–1 to Portugal at Estádio do Bonfim in Setúbal.[5]
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 February 2021 | Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2021 Turkish Women's Cup | |
| 2. | 21 September 2021 | Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Chemnitz, Germany | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 3. | 21 October 2021 | Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||
| 4. | 6 September 2022 | Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 5. | 4 June 2024 | Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | |
| 6. | 25 October 2024 | Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs | |
| 7. | 29 October 2024 | Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova, Serbia | 2–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 8. | 3–1 |
References
edit- ^ Nina Matejić at Flashscore.com
- ^ "Bomba na Marakani: Nina Matejić u crveno-belom! - SportFem". 8 July 2022.
- ^ a b Ljubisavljević, Miloš (7 January 2021). "Od Velike Plane do Bajerna: Nina je fudbalsko čudo iz Srbije" (in Serbian). Nova.rs. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "атејић и Вуковић у дресу Србије" (in Serbian). Reč Naroda. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Ženska "A" | Portugal srećniji, 16 - godišnja Nina Matejić ponovo postigla gol" (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
External links
edit- Nina Matejić at Soccerway
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