Nemanja Motika

Nemanja Motika (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Мотика; born 20 March 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Olimpija Ljubljana. Born in Germany, he represented both Germany and Serbia at youth international level.

Nemanja Motika
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 Olimpija Ljubljana
Number 20
Youth career
BFC Preussen
0000–2012 Hertha Zehlendorf
2012–2017 Hertha BSC
2017–2022 Bayern Munich
2022 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Bayern Munich II 27 (16)
2022–2023 Red Star Belgrade 10 (1)
2023 → Austria Lustenau (loan) 15 (1)
2023– Olimpija Ljubljana 5 (2)
International career‡
2018 Germany U16 1 (0)
2021–2022 Serbia U19 12 (3)
2022– Serbia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2022

Club career

Bayern Munich II

Motika made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II in the 3. Liga on 9 May 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute for Rémy Vita against SpVgg Unterhaching. Four minutes later, he scored his first goal for the club, halving Bayern's deficit to 2–1. The home match finished as a loss with no further goals scored.[2]

Red Star Belgrade

After an impressive half-season at Bayern Munich II, where he scored 15 goals and provided 8 assists for the Martín Demichelis' team, Motika came into the spotlight of big clubs as well as Bayern Munich senior team, for which he was subsequently called up to Julian Nagelsmann's squad for the first match in 2022 against Borussia Monchengladbach, but ultimately he did not enter the game.

During the winter transfer window, he was the target of both Hamburger SV and Fiorentina among others, but Red Star Belgrade was the most persistent and fastest managing to attract the player's interest. He has been a big fan of the club since he was a child, and his brother Nikola also joined him at the club.

On 2 February 2022, Motika signed a four-year contract with the club and took the number 17 on the advice of fellow German footballer Marko Marin.[3] The transfer fee is potentially worth around €2 million, including a future buy-back option clause in favor of Bayern Munich.

Olimpija Ljubljana

On 12 June 2023, Motika transferred to Slovenian PrvaLiga champions Olimpija Ljubljana on a free transfer, with Red Star receiving the full transfer fee for future transfers under €1.5 million and an additional 20% of the remaining fee should the transfer exceed this price.[4]

International career

Motika played one match for the Germany national under-16 team in September 2018 against Cyprus.[5] In November 2020, he was called up to train with the Serbia national under-19 team.[6]

Personal life

Motika was born in Berlin, and is of Serbian descent.[7] His father hails from the Nišići plateau near Sarajevo, and his mother hails from Vranje.[8]

Career statistics
As of 3 February 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Star Belgrade 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 1012020141
2022–23 00101020
Total 1013030161
Career total 1013030161

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

References
  1. "Nemanja Motika" (in Serbian). Red Star Belgrade. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. "Germany » 3. Liga 2020/2021 » 36. Round » Bayern München II – SpVgg Unterhaching 1:2". WorldFootball.net. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. "Немања Мотика у Звезди!" (in Serbian). Red Star Belgrade. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. "Olimpijo okrepil nekdanji član Bayerna, Maribor alžirski reprezentant" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. "U16 Friendlies 2018 » September » Cyprus – Germany 2:3". WorldFootball.net. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. "U19 | На окупу нова такмичарска генерација омладинаца, селектор Игор Спасић позвао 27 играча на мини - припреме" [U19 | At the gathering of the new competitive generation of youth, the selector Igor Spasić invited 27 players to mini-preparations]. Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. Nemanja Motika at WorldFootball.net
  8. Kostić, Katarina (10 January 2021). "Mladi fudbaler Bajerna za SK: Uskoro ću debitovati za Srbiju". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. Nemanja Motika at Soccerway
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