Matija Smrekar (born 8 April 1989 in Zabok) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a forward for Zagorec Krapina.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Zabok, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Zagorec Krapina | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Zagorec Krapina | |||
Varteks | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Varteks | 69 | (16) |
2010–2011 | Sedan | 13 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Sedan B | 5 | (1) |
2012 | Charleroi | 22 | (2) |
2013 | Maribor | 10 | (0) |
2014 | Zavrč | 19 | (10) |
2015 | Pandurii | 1 | (0) |
2016 | Birkirkara | 8 | (5) |
2016– | Zagorec Krapina | ||
National team | |||
2005 | Croatia U16 | 3 | (0) |
2005 | Croatia U17 | 9 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Croatia U18 | 5 | (1) |
2006–2008 | Croatia U19 | 10 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Croatia U20 | 5 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Croatia U21 | 4 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2016 |
He was the winner of the Croatian U-19 league in the 2007–08 season with the junior team of Varteks, where he was one of their best players throughout the season. His father Božidar Smrekar is a former football referee.
Smrekar made his senior debut with the Varteks in 2006. In the 2007–08 season, on the 24th matchday of the Croatian First Football League (Prva HNL) against Hajduk Split (Varteks won 4–0), he scored two goals, had one assist and was named the man of match.[citation needed] On 3 May 2009, during the 2008–09 Prva Liga, he scored another goal for Varteks against Hajduk Split in Split (1–0) and was again named the man of the match.[citation needed]
Maribor