{{Short description|Slovenian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matic Kotnik | fullname = Matic Kotnik | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|7|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia | height = 1.90 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Ionikos | clubnumber = 12 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2009 | youthclubs1 = Dravograd | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2009 | clubs1 = Dravograd | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2009–2017 | clubs2 = Celje | caps2 = 157 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = → Dravinja (loan) | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017–2020 | clubs4 = Panionios | caps4 = 67 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Brescia | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2021–2023 | clubs6 = Volos | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2023- | clubs7 = Ionikos | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam1 = Slovenia U17 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalteam2 = Slovenia U18 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2009 | nationalteam3 = Slovenia U19 | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2008 | nationalteam4 = Slovenia U20 | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | nationalyears5 = 2017 | nationalteam5 = Slovenia B | nationalcaps5 = 1 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | pcupdate = 8 December 2023 }}
'''Matic Kotnik''' (born 23 July 1990) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek Super League 2 club Ionikos.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mađerić |first1=Davor |title=Slovenski vratar iz Grčije v Serie B |url=https://snportal.si/legionarji/slovenski-vratar-iz-grcije-v-serie-b/ |website=Slovenski nogometni portal |accessdate=24 September 2020 |language=sl-SI |date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Panionios=== On 11 June 2017, Kotnik moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Panionios of the Super League Greece on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Panionios/phre-kotnik-o-paniwnios.4716298.html |title=Πήρε Κότνικ ο Πανιώνιος |website=sport24.gr |date=11 June 2017 |lang=el |access-date=22 December 2017 |archive-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223043038/http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Panionios/phre-kotnik-o-paniwnios.4716298.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==International career== In August 2016, Kotnik was named in Slovenia's squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Lithuania.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zurnal24.si/katanec-videl-sem-lepe-stvari-clanek-276603|title=Katanec: Videl sem lepe stvari|website=zurnal24.si|date=25 August 2016|accessdate=30 August 2016|language=sl}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|27 July 2021}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Slovenia – M. Kotnik – Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/matic-kotnik/101480/ |website=soccerway.com |accessdate=4 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Matic Kotnik – Nogometna zveza Slovenije |url=https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/default.asp?action=igralecstat&id_igralca=52343 |website=nzs.si |accessdate=4 August 2020 |language=sl}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan=2 | Club ! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Division ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals |- |rowspan="8"|Celje |2009–10 |rowspan="7"|Slovenian PrvaLiga |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |2011–12 |13||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- |2012–13 |36||0||6||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||44||0 |- |2013–14 |29||0||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- |2014–15 |32||0||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||0 |- |2015–16 |26||0||5||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||33||0 |- |2016–17 |21||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !157!!0!!25!!0!!6!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!188!!0 |- |Dravinja (loan) |2010–11 |Slovenian Second League |12||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Panionios |2017–18 |rowspan="3"|Super League Greece |27||0||6||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||37||0 |- |2018–19 |18||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||0 |- |2019–20 |22||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !67!!0!!12!!0!!4!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!83!!0 |- |Brescia |2020–21 |Serie B |0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !236!!0!!38!!0!!10!!0!!0!!0!!284!!0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/default.asp?action=igralecstat&id_igralca=52343 Matic Kotnik] at NZS {{in lang|sl}} * {{sports links}}
{{Ionikos F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotnik, Matic}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Slovenj Gradec Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Slovenian men's footballers Category:21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Category:Slovenia men's youth international footballers Category:NK Dravograd players Category:NK Celje players Category:ND Dravinja players Category:Panionios F.C. players Category:Brescia Calcio players Category:Volos F.C. players Category:Ionikos F.C. players Category:Slovenian Second League players Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players Category:Super League Greece players Category:Super League Greece 2 players Category:Serie B players Category:Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Category:Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Category:Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy