Matej Bagarić

{{Short description|Croatian footballer (born 1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matej Bagarić

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|01|16}}

| birth_place = Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = {{height|m=2.02}}

| currentclub = Ponikve

| clubnumber = 25

| position = Centre back

| youthyears1 = 1998–1999

| youthyears2 = 1999–2006

| youthyears3 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs1 = Špansko

| youthclubs2 = Zagreb

| youthclubs3 = Dinamo Zagreb

| years1 = 2007–2011

| years2 = 2008–2011

| years3 = 2011–2012

| years4 = 2012–2013

| years5 = 2013–2014

| years6 = 2014–2015

| years7 = 2015

| years8 = 2015–2017

| years9 = 2018

| years10= 2018–2019

| years11= 2019–2020

| years12= 2020–

| clubs1= Dinamo Zagreb

| clubs2 = → Lokomotiva (loan)

| clubs3 = Lokomotiva

| clubs4 = Inter Zaprešić

| clubs5 = Slaven Belupo

| clubs6 = Concordia Chiajna

| clubs7 = Laçi

| clubs8 = Lučko

| clubs9 = Hrvatski Dragovoljac

| clubs10= Segesta

| clubs11= Bistra

| clubs12= Ponikve

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 66

| caps3 = 2

| caps4 = 25

| caps5 = 16

| caps6 = 14

| caps7 = 0

| caps8 = 14

| caps9 = 4

| caps10=

| caps11=

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 6

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| goals10=

| goals11=

| nationalyears1 = 2007

| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam1 = Croatia U18

| nationalteam2 = Croatia U19

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalcaps2 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| pcupdate = 31 March 2018

| ntupdate =

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Matej Bagarić ({{IPA|hr|ˈmatɛj ˈbaɡaritɕ}}) (born 16 January 1989 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for NK Ponikve. Bagarić also represented Croatia at the under–19 level.

Club career

Bagarić came through youth ranks of Dinamo Zagreb, and on 26 January 2008 he joined the affiliate club Lokomotiva. He helped Lokomotiva win the league title and earn promotion to second tier. During the 2008–09 season, he featured in 24 appearances and bagged three goals for Lokomotiva, who were again promoted to the higher–level league. He remained at Lokomotiva for the 2009–10 season, and featured in the first team until he was sidelined by injuries, which continued into the 2010–11 season. His loan was prolonged until late August 2011, when his contract with Dinamo was mutually terminated and he penned a 5-year deal with NK Lokomotiva.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Bagarić joined NK Bistra.[https://hns-cff.hr/matches/33948346/bistra-dugo-selo-2-0/ Bistra - Dugo Selo 2:0 - Hrvatski nogometni savez], hns-cff.hr, 3 November 2019 In 2020, he joined NK Ponikve.[https://hns-cff.hr/matches/40673326/ponikve-vrapce-2-2/ PONIKVE - VRAPČE 2:2], hns-cff.hr, 3 April 2021

National team

Bagarić debuted for Croatia under–19 national team on 13 February 2007 in a match against Hungary. He was capped a total of 16 times at under–19 level and scored 4 goals.

Honours

Career statistics

{{updated|9 September 2009}}[http://www.hnl-statistika.com/en_p1.asp?ID=1553 Career statistics at] Nogometni Magazin

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2007–08rowspan="3"|LokomotivaTreća HNL121121
2008–09Druga HNL243243
2009–10Prva HNL6161
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