Mladen Matković

Mladen Matković (born 12 May 1989 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for NK Inter Zaprešić.

Mladen Matković
Personal information
Full name Mladen Matković
Date of birth (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989
Place of birth Vinkovci, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Inter Zaprešić
Number 35
Youth career
1998–2004 Slavonac Komletinci[1]
2004–2005 NK Otok
2005–2006 Cibalia
2006 NK Otok
2006–2008 Cibalia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Cibalia 79 (0)
2009 → NK Otok
2009–2010 → Vukovar '91 (loan)
2013–2015 Zadar 60 (0)
2015–2018 Cibalia 68 (0)
2018– Inter Zaprešić 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2018

Club career

Matković started out his football career at NK Slavonac from his home village of Komletinci.[2] At the age of 15 he moved on to the nearby NK Otok before joining the nearby Prva HNL team HNK Cibalia's academy, where he would remain for the rest of his academy years, apart from a short stint back at NK Otok.[3]

Due to competition from Davor Burcsa and Marijan Antolović, Cibalia sent Matković out on two loans, one to NK Otok and one to second-tier Vukovar '91 before he was offered a professional contract and, following the departure of aforementioned players, made the team's first-choice goalkeeper.[4] For the following three seasons he remained Cibalia's first-choice goalkeeper, amassing 96 appearances in all official competitions, but left the club following its relegation to Druga HNL in the summer of 2013, joining NK Zadar.[5] Following two seasons at NK Zadar, the club was relegated as well, and he rejoined HNK Cibalia,[6] with which he achieved promotion back to Prva HNL at the end of the 2015/16 season.

References
  1. Mladen Matković: Zbog mojih Slavonaca nisam stigao ni proslaviti ostanak at Slobodna Dalmacija
  2. Mladen Matković: Zbog mojih Slavonaca nisam stigao ni proslaviti ostanak at Slobodna Dalmacija
  3. "Comet database" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. Mladen Matković: Zbog mojih Slavonaca nisam stigao ni proslaviti ostanak at Slobodna Dalmacija
  5. Mladen Matković potpisao za Zadar at Zadarski List
  6. "Zbjeg" na Stanovima: Mladen Matković iz Zadra u NK Cibalia at Narodni List
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