Matija Ljujić
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993
Place of birth Prijepolje, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Újpest
Number 88
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Teleoptik 102 (9)
2014 Partizan 0 (0)
2014 → Mladost Lučani (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016 Rad 21 (1)
2016–2017 Žalgiris 44 (7)
2018 Wellington Phoenix 14 (2)
2018–2019 Belenenses SAD 30 (0)
2019–2021 Bnei Yehuda 51 (5)
2021 Gangwon 10 (1)
2022 Hapoel Haifa 14 (0)
2022– Újpest 19 (5)
2023 → Sabail (loan) 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023

Matija Ljujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Љујић; born 28 October 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hungarian side Újpest.

Career

Early career

Ljujic is a product of the FK Partizan academy.[1]

FK Rad

Ljujić played for Rad in the Serbian SuperLiga in 2015–16 season.[2]

FK Žalgiris

On 15 June 2016 he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris.[3]

Wellington Phoenix

On 9 January 2018, Ljujić signed for Wellington Phoenix until the end of their 2017–18 season.[4][5] He scored his first goal for the club in his debut home game against Western Sydney Wanderers, a long-range dipping strike that beat Vedran Janjetović in goal.[6]

Belenenses

On 1 June 2018, Ljujić joined Belenenses on a three-year contract.[7]

Bnei Yehuda

On 18 September 2019 Ljujić signed the Israeli Premier League club from the city Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda.

Gangwon FC

On 20 July 2021 Ljujić joined the K League 1 club Gangwon FC.

Hapoel Haifa

On 26 January 2022, he joined the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Haifa.

Personal life

His father, Sinisa "Maca" Ljujic, is a football coach.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Phoenix imports Andrija Kaludjerovic and Matija Ljujic on football's 'crazy' derby stuff.co.nz
  2. ↑ "Matija Ljujić". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Vilniaus "Žalgiryje" – dar vienas naujokas" (in Lithuanian). FK Žalgiris. 15 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Hyslop, Liam (9 January 2018). "New assistant coach, new import arrive for Wellington Phoenix ahead of Melbourne Victory clash". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Wellington Phoenix sign Serbian midfielder Matija Ljujic until end of the A-League season". Newshub. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Wellington Phoenix new boy Matija Ljujic will give '100 per cent' to his new club stuff.co.nz
  7. ↑ "Matija Ljucic certo para o meio-campo" [Matija Ljucic right to the midfield]. Report.pt (in Portuguese). 1 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Matija Ljujić". Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.


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