Nemanja Motika (; born 20 March 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana. Born in Germany, he represented both Germany and Serbia at youth international level.

Club career

Bayern Munich II
Motika made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II in the 3. Liga on 9 May 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute for Rémy Vita against SpVgg Unterhaching. Four minutes later, he scored his first goal for the club, halving Bayern's deficit to 2–1. The home match finished as a loss with no further goals scored.

Red Star Belgrade
After an impressive half-season at Bayern Munich II, where he scored 15 goals and provided 8 assists for the Martín Demichelis' team, Motika came into the spotlight of big clubs as well as Bayern Munich senior team, for which he was subsequently called up to Julian Nagelsmann's squad for the first match in 2022 against Borussia Monchengladbach, but ultimately he did not enter the game.

During the winter transfer window, he was the target of both Hamburger SV and Fiorentina among others, but Red Star Belgrade was the most persistent and fastest managing to attract the player's interest. He has been a big fan of the club since he was a child, and his brother Nikola also joined him at the club.

On 2 February 2022, Motika signed a four-year contract with the club and took the number 17 on the advice of fellow German footballer Marko Marin. The transfer fee is potentially worth around €2 million, including a future buy-back option clause in favor of Bayern Munich.

Olimpija Ljubljana
On 12 June 2023, Motika transferred to Slovenian PrvaLiga champions Olimpija Ljubljana on a free transfer, with Red Star receiving the full transfer fee for future transfers under €1.5 million and an additional 20% of the remaining fee should the transfer exceed this price.

International career
Motika played one match for the Germany national under-16 team in September 2018 against Cyprus. In November 2020, he was called up to train with the Serbia national under-19 team.

Personal life
Motika was born in Berlin, and is of Serbian descent. His father hails from the Nišići plateau near Sarajevo, and his mother hails from Vranje.

Career statistics

Honours
Red Star Belgrade
 Serbian SuperLiga: 2021–22
 Serbian Cup: 2021–22

References

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2003 births
Living people
Footballers from Berlin
German men's footballers
Germany men's youth international footballers
Serbia men's youth international footballers
Serbia men's under-21 international footballers
Serbian men's footballers
German people of Serbian descent
German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Men's association football wingers
Men's association football forwards
FC Bayern Munich II players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
SC Austria Lustenau players
NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Serbian people of German descent
Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent