Matija Špoljarić ( el, Ματίγια Σπόλιαριτς, born 2 April 1997) is a

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadium. ...

and the Cyprus national team.

International

He made his debut for

Cyprus national football team The Cyprus national football team ( el, Εθνική ομάδα ποδοσφαίρου της Κύπρου) represents Cyprus in international football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyp ...

on 21 March 2019, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against San Marino, as a 54th-minute substitute for

Fotios Papoulis Fotis Papoulis ( el, Φώτης Παπουλής; born 22 January 1985) is a professional footballer who plays for Omonia in the Cypriot First Division. Born in Greece, he represents the Cyprus national team. Club career Early career Papou ...

Personal life

Matija Špoljarić is the son of former

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

and

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

international midfielder

Milenko Špoljarić Milenko Špoljarić (; born 24 January 1967) is a football manager and a former Cypriot international football midfielder. Club career Born in Belišće, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, Špoljarić played for Yugoslav First League clubs NK Osijek ...

and he has two brothers

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

and

Danilo Danilo is a given name found in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Serbian. Notable people with the name Danilo include: Athletes Footballers * Danilo (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer Danilo de Andrade * Danilo (footballer, born 19 ...

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* * * 1997 births Living people Cypriot footballers Cyprus under-21 international footballers Cyprus international footballers Serbian footballers Serbia youth international footballers Cypriot people of Serbian descent Cypriot people of Croatian descent Cypriot First Division players Apollon Limassol FC players Association football midfielders {{cyprus-footy-bio-stub