Uroš Matić

Uroš Matić

Personal information
Full name	Uroš Matić
Date of birth	(1990-05-23) 23 May 1990
Place of birth	Šabac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	NAC Breda
Number	8
Youth career
	Obrenovac 1905
	Jedinstvo Ub
2008–2009	Košice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Košice	74	(8)
2013–2014	Benfica B	16	(0)
2014–	NAC Breda	66	(4)
International career
2009	Serbia U-19	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2016

Uroš Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Уpoш Maтић; born 23 May 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club NAC Breda in Eerste Divisie.

Club career

Matić was born in Šabac in the Serbian Federal Republic. Moving from youth football to MFK Košice in 2008, he made his debut on 30 May, 2009 as a substitute in second half of the match against Tatran Prešov. On 9 March 2013, in a 2–1 loss to Spartak Myjava, he scored a goal similar to one scored by Arjen Robben, but during extra time, he missed a penalty, firing the ball into the arms of Myjava goalkeeper Peter Solnička.

In early 2013, Matić joined his brother at S.L. Benfica in Portugal. on a 1 year contract with the option to extend it for a further five years. In 2014, at the same time as his brother left for Chelsea, he went on a trial at NAC Breda, who later, signed him on a permanent deal.

International career

Matić made four appearances for the Serbia national under-19 football team at the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

Personal life

Matić's older brother, Nemanja, plays for the first team of Chelsea and the Serbia national team.

External links

• MFK Košice profile
• Corgoň Liga profile
• Uroš Matić profile at ForaDeJogo
• Uroš Matić at Soccerway
• Uroš Matić – UEFA competition record
• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)