Matej Maglica

Croatian footballer

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] He scored his first goal for the club with a header against Borussia Moenchengladbach on 17 September 2023 in the 10th minute of the game, before being sent off in the second half.

Honours

Individual

Swiss Super League Team of the Season: 2022-23^[9]

References

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