Matej Maglica
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Darmstadt 98
Number 5
Youth career
Marsonia
2015–2016 Backnang
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 TSG Backnang II 33 (8)
2017–2019 TSG Backnang 35 (2)
2019–2020 SV Göppingen 19 (4)
2020–2021 VfB Stuttgart II 40 (0)
2021–2022 VfB Stuttgart 1 (0)
2022 → St. Gallen (loan) 16 (1)
2022–2023 St. Gallen 31 (1)
2023– VfB Stuttgart 0 (0)
2023– → Darmstadt 98 (loan) 13 (1)
International career‡
2023 Croatia U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2023

Matej Maglica (born 25 September 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Darmstadt 98 on loan from VfB Stuttgart.

Club career

A youth product of the Croatian club Marsonia, Maglica moved to Germany with the youth academy of TSG Backnang in 2015. He was promoted to their reserves, and eventually their senior team in 2017 before transferring to SV Göppingen.[2] He joined VfB 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]

On 15 June 2023, Stuttgart activated the buy-back option in Maglica's St Gallen transfer with the defender returning to Germany on a two-year contract.[7]

On 2 July 2023, Maglica joined Darmstadt 98 on a year long loan until June 2024.[8]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FC St.Gallen 1879 | Maglica Matej". FC St. Gallen (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Matej Maglica verlässt die TSG Backnang". Backnanger Kreiszeitung.
  3. ^ "Vertrag mit Matej Maglica vorzeitig verlängert". VfB Stuttgart.
  4. ^ "Stuttgart vs. Arminia Bielefeld - 6 November 2021". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "Drei Neuzugänge für den FCSG" (in German). FC St. Gallen. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Maglica signs for St. Gallen". vfb.de. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Matej Maglica wechselt zurück zum VfB" [Matej Maglica is moving back to VfB]. www.vfb.de (in German). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Maglica verstärkt Lilien-Defensive". www.sv98.de (in German).
  9. ^ "Das SFL-Team der Saison 2022/23" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2023-06-29.

External links

SV Darmstadt 98 – current squad
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