Matej Jonjić (; born 29 January 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as centre back for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka. 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. Career statistics References External links Profile at Cerezo Osaka 1991 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football central defenders Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players NK Zadar players NK Osijek players Incheon United FC players Cerezo Osaka players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Croatian Football League players K League 1 players J1 League players Chinese Super League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in South Korea Croatian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Japan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China