Krešimir Marušic
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Krešimir Marušić was an Australia
n football
player who played for several National Soccer League
clubs, including Melbourne Knights
, Sydney United
, Carlton SC, Northern Spirit FC
and Sydney Olympic. Marušić won the Johnny Warren Medal
for player of the year in National Soccer League
season 1996/97.
He had also played in Croatia
n First League clubs NK Radnik Velika Gorica, NK Segesta Sisak, HNK Dubrovnik 1919
and NK Inker Zaprešić in the early 1990s and with Belgian SK Lommel in the 1999-2000 season.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player who played for several National Soccer League
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
clubs, including Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
, Sydney United
Sydney United
Sydney United Football Club are an Australian football club from Sydney, Australia, established in 1957 by Croatian Australians in the area...
, Carlton SC, Northern Spirit FC
Northern Spirit FC
Northern Spirit Football Club was a football club based in North Sydney, Australia. Northern Spirit entered the National Soccer League in the 1998-99 season...
and Sydney Olympic. Marušić won the Johnny Warren Medal
Johnny Warren Medal
The Johnny Warren Medal is the award for best player in the Australian national football club competition. It was first awarded in the National Soccer League in 1990, and upon the NSL's demise in November 2004, was carried forward into the A-League, the competition in Australia...
for player of the year in National Soccer League
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
season 1996/97.
He had also played in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n First League clubs NK Radnik Velika Gorica, NK Segesta Sisak, HNK Dubrovnik 1919
HNK Dubrovnik 1919
HNK Dubrovnik 1919 is a Croatian football club based in the city of Dubrovnik.-History:The club was founded in 1922 under the name NK Jug. It was created by merging with another club Dubrovnik, hence there in 1919 in its name...
and NK Inker Zaprešić in the early 1990s and with Belgian SK Lommel in the 1999-2000 season.