# Matej Jonjić

Matej Jonjić (Croatian pronunciation:; born 29 January 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as centre back for J3 League club, Tochigi City FC.
He has represented Croatia at youth level, having earned caps with all of the youth teams beginning with the Croatia under-16 team.

## Club career

Born in Split, Jonjić is a product of the Hajduk Split academy. He was loaned out to NK Zadar in June 2009 where he made his professional debut and went on to appear in 13 matches for Zadar before he returned to Hajduk in January 2010. He later appeared in two matches for Hajduk in the second part of the 2009–10 season. After collecting only seven appearances in competitive matches in the following season, Jonjić was loaned to Zadar for the second time in June 2011.
On 23 January 2025, Jonjić was announce official transfer to J3 promoted club, Tochigi City FC for 2025 season.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of the start for 2025 season.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Hajduk Split | 2009–10 | Prva HNL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Hajduk Split | 2010–11 | Prva HNL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| Hajduk Split | 2012–13 | Prva HNL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 |
| Hajduk Split | 2013–14 | Prva HNL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Hajduk Split | Total | Total | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Zadar (loan) | 2009–10 | Prva HNL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| Zadar (loan) | 2011–12 | Prva HNL | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Zadar (loan) | Total | Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Osijek (loan) | 2013–14 | Prva HNL | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 3 |
| Osijek (loan) | 2014–15 | Prva HNL | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 |
| Osijek (loan) | Total | Total | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 |
| Incheon United | 2015 | K League Classic | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 0 |
| Incheon United | 2016 | K League Classic | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 0 |
| Incheon United | Total | Total | 71 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2017 | J1 League | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 42 | 7 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2018 | J1 League | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2019 | J1 League | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 38 | 2 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2020 | J1 League | 34 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 38 | 2 |
| Cerezo Osaka | Total | Total | 135 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 13 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 1 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2022 | J1 League | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 3 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2023 | J1 League | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Incheon United | 2024 | K League 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 1 |
| Tochigi City FC | 2025 | J3 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 391 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 455 | 28 |
* ↑ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup

## Honours
### Cerezo Osaka

* J.League Cup: 2017
* Emperor's Cup: 2017
* Japanese Super Cup: 2018

### Individual

* K League Best XI: 2015, 2016
* J.League Outstanding player awards: 2017, 2019, 2020