Matija Ljujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Љујић; born 28 October 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Újpest FC in the Hungarian First League.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matija Ljujić | ||
Date of birth | (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Prijepolje, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Újpest FC | ||
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 FC | 10 | (1) |
2022 | Hapoel Haifa | 14 | (0) |
2022– | Újpest FC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022 |
Ljujic is a product of the FK Partizan academy.[1]
Ljujić played for Rad in the Serbian SuperLiga in 2015–16 season.[2]
On 15 June 2016 he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris.[3]
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]
On 1 June 2018, Ljujić joined Belenenses on a three-year contract.[7]
On 18 September 2019 Ljujić signed the Israeli Premier League club from the city Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda.
On 20 July 2021 Ljujić joined the K League 1 club Gangwon FC.
On 26 January 2022, he joined the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Haifa.
His father, Sinisa "Maca" Ljujic, is a football coach.[8]
Hapoel Haifa F.C. – current squad | |
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