A Serbian footballer Nemanja Matić was born on 1 August 1988 in Vrelo.
In 2000, Nemanja started his junior career at the academy of Red Star Belgrade. He trained hard and became one of the best players. His brilliant performance was noticed by Kolubara, where he got the beginning of his professional career. He played during three years, but didn’t manage to get a place in the first eleven, making only 16 appearances.
In 2009, Nemanja joined Košice, where he was groomed during the following two years. Time spent with the team turned to be very fortunate for the player, as the coach considered him to be a very potential player and let him on the field very often. In total, the Serbian made 44 appearances and amassed four goals for the squad.
In 2009, scouts from Chelsea got interested in Matić. In the summer 2009, a two-year contract was signed. His start to life at London club wasn’t very successful, as he appeared only sporadically as a sub. That’s why he was happy to find out that he would be loaned to Vitesse. There was an accommodation between Chelsea and Vitesse by which some footballers from London club can get a workout at the academy of Dutch club during a season. Nemanja spent the 2010/2011 season with the temporary club, netting two goals in 27 matches.
In the summer 2011, the Serbian footballer made a transfer to Benfica. He joined the first team immediately and featured in 95 matches and scored 9 goals for the Portuguese club during three seasons.
In January 2014 Chelsea made a shocking move to get the Serb back to the squad and paid €25 million for him.
In 2008, Nemanja got his first cap for the Serbia national squad at U-21 level. In total, he took part in 11 matches and scored 2 goals. Since 2008, he has been called up to the Serbia first team.
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