Marinko Mačkić

Marinko Mačkić (born March 28, 1983) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football manager and former player. He usually played as a defender and he made his career in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran.

Marinko Mačkić
Personal information
Full name Marinko Mačkić
Date of birth (1983-03-28) 28 March 1983
Place of birth Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Left Defender
Youth career
1993–1997 Sloboda Novi Grad
Čukarički
1997–2000 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Mladost Lučani 69 (1)
2003 Vojvodina 1 (0)
2003–2005 Borac Banja Luka 54 (4)
2005–2006 FK Sarajevo 34 (2)
2007 Saba Battery 21 (0)
International career
FR Yugoslavia U-19 1 (0)
2003–2005 Bosnia-Herzegovina U-21 10 (0)
Managerial career
Sloboda Novi Grad
Slovan Ljubljana (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Banja Luka,[1] SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marinko began playing in FK Sloboda Novi Grad, before moving to Serbia to join the youth teams of FK Partizan.[1] He also played in the youth team of FK Čukarički.[2] He signed his first professional contract when he was 16, and he made his senior debut in 2000 when he joined FK Mladost Lučani playing in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia.[3] In his first season there, they got promoted and played the 2001–02 season in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. However, their top-flight season did not end well, and Mladost ended the season relegated back to the Second League.[4]

In the winter break of the 2002–03 season, Marinko Mačkić moved to the top-flight club FK Vojvodina, but did not have many chances to play in the first team, so he ended up returning to Bosnia, playing on loan with his home-town club, FK Borac Banja Luka, now in the newly created Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]

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 being coached by Husref Musemić.[3] In the winter break of the 2006–07 season he moved to Iran by joining Saba Battery.[3]

Because of health reasons he had to retire sooner than expected and became a coach.[3] He first coached FK Sloboda Novi Grad and then became the coach of the youth team of Slovenian side ND Slovan.[3]

International career

He has played for Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team on ten occasions, and was also called to play for the Bosnian national team in 2008 but failed to debut.[5]

Honours
FK Sarajevo
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2006–07[6]

Personal life

After seeing his career unexpectedly interrupted, Mačkić graduated at the Faculty of Sports in Sarajevo, and also obtained a UEFA coaching license.[3]

He is married to Vesna and has a son named Damjan.[3]

References
  1. Interview Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine at Borac B.Luka official website (in Serbian)
  2. Monografija 85. godina FK Čukarički page 93 (in Serbian)
  3. Marinko Mačkić: Žao mi je što nisam ostao na Koševu at klix.ba, 31-7-2013, retrieved 4-12-2016 (in Bosnian)
  4. Stats from Serbia at Srbijafudbal
  5. Marinko Mačkić at Soccerway
  6. Copy of stats from Bosnian FA yearbooks at sportsport.ba
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