Nina Matejić (

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: Нине Матејић; born 8 February 2005) is a

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who plays for

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club

ŽFK Crvena zvezda Ženski fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Женски фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, en, Red Star Women's Football Club) is a women's football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Sports Society ...

and the

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Club career

As a youth player Matejić was scouted by

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. She performed well in a training spell with the German team, but they were not allowed to sign her until she was 18 years old. She joined ŽFK Požarevac of the

in 2020 and was named "Player of the half-Season" in January 2021 after she scored 11 of her team's 16 league goals. In the summer of 2022 she joined ŽFK Crvena zvezda, commonly known as Red Star Belgrade.

International career

Matejić was called into the senior

for the first time for the

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. She scored after three minutes in the opening 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match against

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on 21 September 2021, but Serbia were beaten 5–1. In October 2021, Matejić scored again as a Serbia team depleted by injuries and

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lost their next qualifier 2–1 to

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International goals

References

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* 2005 births Living people Serbian women's footballers Serbia women's international footballers Women's association football forwards People from Velika Plana {{Serbia-footy-forward-stub