Mato Neretljak

Mato Neretljak

Personal information
Full name	Mato Neretljak
Date of birth	3 June 1979 (1979-06-03) (age 32)
Place of birth	Orašje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Number	2
Youth career
	Orašje
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	Orašje
2000–2002	Osijek	47	(3)
2002–2005	Hajduk Split	77	(4)
2005–2008	Suwon Bluewings	91	(21)
2009–2010	Omiya Ardija	59	(11)
2011–	Suwon Bluewings	23	(7)
National team‡
2000–2001	Croatia U-21	8	(0)
2001–2006	Croatia	10	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 December 2009

Mato Neretljak (born 3 June 1979 in Orašje) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender. He plays for South Korean club Suwon Bluewings.

Career

He started his professional career in 2000 at NK Osijek for which he played until 2002. Then he transferred to HNK Hajduk Split and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it for South Korean club Suwon Samsung Bluewings in 2005. In 2009, he moved to Japanese club Omiya Ardija.

International career

Neretljak won 8 international caps for the Croatian national under-21 football team in 2000 and 2001. While still playing for the under-21 national team, he also made his full international debut for Croatia in a friendly match against Greece on 25 April 2001 in Varaždin, where he came on as a substitute for Boris Živković in the 88th minute.

His competitive international debut for Croatia came on 15 November 2003 in the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs against Slovenia, where he played the entire 90 minutes in the first leg in Zagreb, which ended in a 1-1 draw. On 18 February 2004, he scored his only international goal for Croatia in their 2-1 defeat against Germany in Split. He was also part of the Croatian squad at the UEFA Euro 2004 finals in Portugal, but did not appear in any of the team's three group matches before they were knocked out of the tournament.

After the UEFA Euro 2004 finals, he only appeared in 4 international friendlies for Croatia, including both of their matches at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup in Hong Kong. He won a total of 10 international caps for the national team, 9 of which were in friendly matches.

Honours

Individual

• 2006 K-League Best 11
• 2007 K-League Best 11
• 2008 K-League Best 11

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

• 2008 Hauzen Cup Champion
• 2008 K-League Champion

International goals

Results list Croatia's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
February 18, 2004	Split	Germany	1 goal	1-2	Friendly match

External links

• K-League Player Record (Korean)
• Statistics at national-football-teams.com
• Statistics at guardian.co.uk
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Persondata
Name	Neretljak, Mato
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	3 June 1979
Place of birth	Orašje, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death