Matija Ljujić

Matija Ljujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Љујић; born 28 October 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bnei Yehuda in the Israeli Premier League.

Matija Ljujić
Personal information
Full name Matija Ljujić
Date of birth (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993
Place of birth Prijepolje, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bnei Yehuda
Number 27
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Teleoptik 102 (11)
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– Bnei Yehuda 27 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2020

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 till 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]

Bney Yehuda

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

Personal life

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

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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. 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


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