Matija Nastasić
Nastasić training with Schalke 04 in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Matija Nastasić | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Valjevo, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Schalke 04 | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | ZSK Valjevo | ||
| 2008–2010 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Partizan | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Teleoptik (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Fiorentina | 26 | (2) |
| 2012–2015 | Manchester City | 34 | (1) |
| 2015– | Schalke 04 | 39 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Serbia U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Serbia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Serbia U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 2012– | Serbia | 24 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2017 |
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Matija Nastasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Настасић; born 28 March 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for German club Schalke 04 and the Serbia national team as a centre back.
He began his career at Partizan, and after a loan to Teleoptik joined Fiorentina in 2011. After one season there he transferred to Manchester City for €15 million and a swap with Stefan Savić, winning the Premier League in 2014, despite injury problems. In 2015, he joined Schalke, initially on loan.
Nastasić made his senior international debut for Serbia in 2012, and has gone on to earn over 15 caps.
Matija Nastasić is a product of Partizan youth academy. Unable to find space in the Partizan first team setup, he was sent out on loan to Serbian second division side FK Teleoptik from Zemun. There, the young, left footed centre back made 21 appearances and caught the eye of Fiorentina sporting director at that time, Pantaleo Corvino, who signed him in a deal for €4 million.
Nastasić spent some time in the Fiorentina youth side but, due to a lack of quality centre backs in the squad and suspensions and injuries, he trained with the first team on many occasions. Fellow Serbian and Fiorentina manager Siniša Mihajlović handed him his Serie A debut on 11 September 2011 in a 2–0 win against Bologna. He went on to make a further 25 appearances that season but one stood out more than any and it was during this performance that he announced himself to Italian and World football. It was a match between La Viola and Milan at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Nastasić showed many of his qualities - tackling, comfort on the ball, tactical astuteness. It was these qualities that led to a deadline day transfer to English Premier League side Manchester City in a move worth €24.4 million, excluding the value of Stefan Savić who was given to Fiorentina as part of the exchange.
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