Marinko Mačkić

Marinko Mačkić
Personal information
Full nameMarinko Mačkić
Date of birth28 March 1983
Place of birthBanja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing positionLeft Defender
Club information
Current team
Saba Battery F.C.
Youth career
1993–1997Sloboda Novi Grad
1997–2000FK Partizan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003Mladost Lučani69(1)
2003Vojvodina1(0)
2003–2005Borac Banja Luka
2005–2006FK Sarajevo34(3)
2007Saba Battery21(0)
National team
FR Yugoslavia U-191(0)
2003–2005Bosnia-Herzegovina U-2110(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2009.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 August 2009

Marinko Mačkić (born March 28, 1983) is a Bosnian football player. He usually plays the defender position.

Club career

Born in Banja Luka,[1] SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marinko begin playing in FK Sloboda Novi Grad, before moving to Serbia to join the youth teams of FK Partizan.[1] He made his senior debut in 2000 when he joined FK Mladost Lučani playing in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. In its first season there, they got the promotion, and played the 2001–02 season in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. However, their top-flight season didn´t ended well, and Mladost ended the season relegated back to the Second League.[2]

In the winter break of the 2002-03 season, Marinko Mačkić moved to one top-flight club, FK Vojvodina, but ended not having many chances of playing in the first team, so he ended up returning to Bosnia by playing on loan with his home-town club, FK Borac Banja Luka, playing now in the newly created Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In summer 2005 his loan deal ended, and he joined another Bosnian Premier League side, FK Sarajevo playing with them in the following one and a half seasons. In the winter break of the 2006-07 season he moved to Iran by joining Saba Battery.

National team

He has played for Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team on ten occasions, and has also been called to play for the Bosnian national team in 2008 but has not debuted yet.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Interview at Borac B.Luka official website (Serbian)
  2. Stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal
  3. Marinko Mačkić at Soccerway

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