Inter, Milan and Atalanta are among the teams that are observing the growth of Anton Matkovic, Croatian center forward playing for Osjiek. Born in 2006, already in the Under 19 national team, the attacker is 191 centimeters tall and just like the player to whom some compare him at home, Mario Mandzukic, he has shown that he can also play on the outside, focusing more on speed than ex Juve.
Already in January, despite having only taken the field 5 times with the first team, concrete interests were registered for him from Italy and beyond: Sassuolo and Atalanta themselves were unable to make the move, because his club wanted first see him grow on the pitch. Now Matkovic is an immovable starter and has scored his first two goals, so much so that both English teams (Fulham and Everton) and other Italian teams that are currently more timid (Frosinone and Inter) would have observed his performances. For him there is currently talk of a valuation of around 4-5 million euros.
At the age of 17, Matkovic has not yet played for the first team but already has several appearances for the Under 19s. Salzburg have long been interested in the youngster, a highly sought-after destination given the number of high-quality strikers that are passed through the Austrian club: Erling Haaland, Sadio Mane, Karim Adeyemi, Benjamin Sesko, Hwang Hee-chan and numerous others.
First name: Anton Matkovic
Date of birth: February 19, 2006
Nationality: Croatian
Role: attacker
Squad: Osijek
It looks like: Mario Mandzukic
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