Kojo Matić
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995
Place of birth Bijeljina, Republika Srpska,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zvijezda 09
Number 8
Youth career
Proleter Zrenjanin
Podrinje Janja
Drina Zvornik
Železnik Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Dornach 12 (5)
2016 Sursee 12 (4)
2016 Podrinje Janja 11 (0)
2017 Nové Zámky 35 (6)
2018 Družstevník Veľké Ludince 32 (7)
2019 Gabčíkovo 28 (10)
2020 Pohronie 18 (0)
2021 Partizán Bardejov 6 (1)
2022– Zvijezda 09 45 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:25, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Kojo Matić (born 7 November 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zvijezda 09.[1]

Career

Early tenure in Slovakia

Matić arrived in Slovakia in the winter of 2017. He spent his first two years in three clubs in 3. Liga West – Nové Zámky, Družstevník Veľké Ludince, Gabčíkovo. Across two calendar years, he scored over 20 goals in almost 100 games in the league.[2]

FK Pohronie

Matić joined Pohronie in January 2020. It was his first top-division football club. He transferred into the club from the third division club of Gabčíkovo. Upon his transfer he became a third player named Matić to feature in the league, following brothers Nemanja and Uroš. They are not related. Upon his arrival, Matić had commented on the professionalism in the club and the satisfying winter preparation. Matić was congratulated on this transfer by the Real Madrid star Luka Jović, via Instagram, who was his neighbour and with whom he remains a close friend.[3]

Matić was first nominated for a Fortuna Liga fixture in a goal-less tie against Nitra at pod Zoborom on 15 February 2020. He did not appear in the match though.[4] He scored two goals in two friendly matches against Ružomberok in late May 2020, as Fortuna Liga sides had prepared for a league restart. First, on 25 May, at pod Čebraťom, he equalised the game to the final score of 1–1, following earlier goal from Rastislav Kružliak.[5] Few days later he scored the opening goal of the match in a 3–1 win over the same opponent on home stadium. Pohronie scored two more through James Weir and Patrik Abrahám.[6]

He departed from the club in January 2021, with a single Slovnaft Cup goal against Dunajská Lužná.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Kojo Matić at Soccerway
  2. ↑ a.s, Petit Press. "Kompas fanúšika: III. liga". mynitra.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Lazić, Petar. "JEDAN MATIĆ PONOVO U SLOVAČKOJ ELITI! Napadač stopama prezimenjaka, veliki transfer srpskog napadača! /FOTO/". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "FC Nitra - FK POHRONIE Žiar nad Hronom Dolná Ždaňa | 0 - 0". ulk.futbalnet.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. ↑ GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Ruža nás nezdolala". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Žilina zdolala Podbrezovú, Pohronie si poradilo s Ružomberkom | spravy.sk". futbal.spravy.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. ↑ GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Začala zimná príprava. Jan Kameník verí v úspešný úvod sezóny". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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