Marijan Zovko is a 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 retired footballer and a current football manager.

Playing career

He started his senior career playing in his hometown Yugoslav First League

Yugoslav First League

The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

 club HNK Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...

 where he will win the 1978-79 national Championship. In 1980 he moved to another top league club, FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

 where he played most of his career, becoming the team captain and , there too, wining the national title, in the 1988-89

Yugoslav First League 1988-89

The 1988–89 Yugoslav First League season was the 43rd season of the First Federal League , the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946....

 season. In nine years there, between official and other, he played 461 matches, scoring 132 goals, an impressive record for a defender. It was in middle of that 1988-89 season that he decided to move abroad, more precissely, to Belgian First Division club Lierse S.K.

Lierse S.K.

Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups...

 where he will stay until 1991.

After finishing his playing career, he become a football manager, coaching many clubs maynly in the Croatian and Bosnian

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the country's most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season....

 top leagues.

Honours

• Hajduk Split
  • 1 time Yugoslav First League
    Yugoslav First League
    The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
    
     Champion: 1978-79
• Vojvodina
  • 1 time Yugoslav First League
    Yugoslav First League
    The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
    
     Champion: 1988-89
    Yugoslav First League 1988-89
    The 1988–89 Yugoslav First League season was the 43rd season of the First Federal League , the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946....
    
    

External sources

• Profile in Worldfootball.
• Player story in Vojvodina official website.