Matija Špičić
{{Short description|Croatian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matija Špičić
| fullname =
| image = Matija Spicic.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|02|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
| height = 1.75 m
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = NK Kralj Tomislav
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = NK Zagreb
| years1 = 2006–2011 | clubs1 = NK Zagreb | caps1 = 48 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = Tavriya Simferopol | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = Istra 1961 | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2012–2013 | clubs4 = Sibir Novosibirsk | caps4 = 40 | goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2013–2015 | clubs5 = Inter Baku | caps5 = 36 | goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = Osijek | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = Dinamo Tbilisi | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2017 | clubs8 = Wisła Kraków | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2018–2020 | clubs9 = Gorica | caps9 = 29 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2020 | clubs10 = Varaždin | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2020–2022 | clubs11 = Ravnice
| years12 = 2022– | clubs12 = Kralj Tomislav
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004 | nationalteam1 = Croatia U16 | nationalcaps1 = 4 |nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2004–2005 | nationalteam2 = Croatia U17 | nationalcaps2 = 14 |nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2005–2006 | nationalteam3 = Croatia U18 | nationalcaps3 = 5 |nationalgoals3 = 3
| nationalyears4 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam4 = Croatia U19 | nationalcaps4 = 7 |nationalgoals4 = 3
| nationalyears5 = 2009 | nationalteam5 = Croatia U20 | nationalcaps5 = 3 |nationalgoals5 = 0
| pcupdate = 24 July 2020
| ntupdate =
}}
Matija Špičić (born 24 February 1988) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a left-back for NK Kralj Tomislav.
Club career
Špičić joined NK Zagreb as a twelve-year-old. A product of NK Zagreb youth academy, he was promoted to first team in April 2006 and has been playing for the club ever since, usually as left winger. Although he was seen as one of the most talented NK Zagreb young players, his career suffered a setback when he broke his leg twice in 2008. After a period of recovery, he is now a first-team regular with the team.
As of October 2009, he has earned 33 caps and scored 11 goals for Croatia's national team at various youth levels between 2003 and 2009.{{cite web|publisher=Hrvatski nogometni savez|title=Matija Špičić statistike|language=Croatian|url=http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=statistike&repka=U&id=17247|accessdate=2009-10-27}} and was a first-team member of the squad which participated at the 2005 European Under-17 Championship.
In June 2013 Špičić signed with Azerbaijan Premier League side Inter Baku.{{cite web|title=Former member of the Croatian national team, was transferred to Inter (PHOTO)|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=3&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=az&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.azerisport.com/az/futbol/20130624021720446.html&usg=ALkJrhjz6xHYYxsctnl-W4avI39faWVP8A|publisher=azerisport.com/|accessdate=24 June 2013}}{{cite web|title="Inter" has a double Russian cempionunu|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=az&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffanat.az%2Finter-ikiqat-rusiya-cempionunu-aldi%2F|publisher=fanat.az|accessdate=30 June 2013}}
Career statistics
{{updated|13 July 2015}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||
colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | Club | League
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals | ||||
2010–11 | Tavriya Simferopol | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
|5 | 0 | |||||||||
2011–12 | Istra 1961 | Prva HNL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
|9 | 0 | |||||||||
2011–12 | rowspan="2"|Sibir Novosibirsk | rowspan="2"|FNL | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
|12 | 1 | |||||||||
2012–13 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||||
|29 | 2 | |||||||||
2013–14 | rowspan="2"|Inter Baku | rowspan="2"|Azerbaijan Premier League | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
2014–15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
rowspan=4 | Total
! colspan=2 | Ukraine !3||0||0||0||colspan="2" | ||||||||||
|3 | 0 | |||||||||
colspan=2 | Croatia
!8||0||1||0||colspan="2" | ||||||||||
|9 | 0 | |||||||||
colspan=2 | Russia
!40||3||1||0||colspan="2" | ||||||||||
|41 | 3 | |||||||||
colspan=2 | Azerbaijan
!36||6||5||1||6||0||47||7 | ||||||||||
colspan=3 | Career total
!87||9||7||1||6||0||100||10 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spicic, Matija}}
Category:Footballers from Zagreb
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Croatian men's footballers
Category:Croatia men's youth international footballers
Category:SC Tavriya Simferopol players
Category:NK Istra 1961 players
Category:FC Sibir Novosibirsk players
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players
Category:Croatian Football League players
Category:First Football League (Croatia) players
Category:Ukrainian Premier League players
Category:Russian First League players
Category:Azerbaijan Premier League players
Category:Erovnuli Liga players
Category:Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country)
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Category:Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Category:21st-century Croatian sportsmen
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