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

SeasonClubLeague

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals

! Apps

Goals
2010–11Tavriya SimferopolUkrainian Premier League3000colspan="2"
|50
2011–12Istra 1961Prva HNL8010colspan="2"
|90
2011–12rowspan="2"|Sibir Novosibirskrowspan="2"|FNL12100colspan="2"
|121
2012–1328210colspan="2"
|292
2013–14rowspan="2"|Inter Bakurowspan="2"|Azerbaijan Premier League2953120346
2014–15712040131
rowspan=4 | Total

! colspan=2 | Ukraine

!3||0||0||0||colspan="2"

|30
colspan=2 | Croatia

!8||0||1||0||colspan="2"

|90
colspan=2 | Russia

!40||3||1||0||colspan="2"

|413
colspan=2 | Azerbaijan

!36||6||5||1||6||0||47||7

colspan=3 | Career total

!87||9||7||1||6||0||100||10

References

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