Matija Nastasić
Serbian footballer (born 1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Matija Nastasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Настасић; born 28 March 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Mallorca and the Serbia national team.[3]
_by_Sandro_Halank–466.jpg) Nastasić with Schalke 04 in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matija Nastasić[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 (age 30)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Valjevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mallorca | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | ZSK Valjevo | ||
| 2008–2010 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Partizan | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Teleoptik (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Fiorentina | 26 | (2) |
| 2012–2015 | Manchester City | 34 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Schalke 04 (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2021 | Schalke 04 | 115 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Fiorentina | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | Mallorca | 23 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Serbia U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Serbia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Serbia U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 2012– | Serbia | 34 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022 | |||
He began his career at Partizan, and after a loan to Teleoptik joined Italian side Fiorentina in 2011. After one season there he transferred to Manchester City for €15 million and a swap with Stefan Savić, winning the Premier League in 2014, despite injury problems. In 2015, he joined Schalke, where he remained for seven years, before returning to Fiorentina in 2021.
Nastasić made his senior international debut for Serbia in 2012, and has gone on to earn over 30 caps.
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