Matej Maglica (born 25 September 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss club St. Gallen.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Slavonski Brod, Croatia | ||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | St. Gallen | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Marsonia | |||
2015–2016 | Backnang | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Backnang II | 33 | (8) |
2017–2019 | Backnang | 35 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Göppingen | 19 | (4) |
2020–2021 | Stuttgart II | 40 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Stuttgart | 1 | (0) |
2022 | → St. Gallen (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2022– | St. Gallen | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2022 |
A youth product of the Croatian club Marsonia, Maglica moved to Germany with the youth academy of Backnang in 2015. He was promoted to their reserves, and eventually their senior team in 2017 before transferring to Göppingen.[2] He joined Stuttgart II in June 2020, and after a successful debut season signed an extension on 2 April 2021.[3] He made his professional debut with Stuttgart in a 1–0 Bundesliga loss to Arminia Bielefeld on 6 November 2021.[4]
On 3 January 2022, Maglica joined St. Gallen on loan until the end of the season.[5] On 7 June 2022, St. Gallen exercised their option to purchase Maglica's contract.[6]
FC St. Gallen – current squad | |
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