Marko Popović (footballer)
Encyclopedia
Marko Popović is a Serbian
footballer currently playing with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
.
. Later he played for FK Jedinstvo
and FK Leotar Trebinje
. He has been playing for NK Maribor
in the Slovenian First League from 2006 until January 2010, when he moved to Israel to play with F.C. Ashdod
.
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
footballer currently playing with HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar
HŠK Zrinjski Mostar is a football team from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and has been one of the top teams in the country over the years....
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Career
He began his career in the youth teams of the famous Serbian club Red Star BelgradeRed Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
. Later he played for FK Jedinstvo
FK Jedinstvo
FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje is a football club from Bijelo Polje, Montenegro. The club was founded in 1922. Jedinstvo plays at Bijelo Polje Stadium which has 5.000 seats. In 2006, it participated in First League of Montenegro's inaugural season...
and FK Leotar Trebinje
FK Leotar Trebinje
FK Leotar is a football club from the city of Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1925 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the club served as a training ground for many players who went on to enjoy notable careers elsewhere...
. He has been playing for NK Maribor
NK Maribor
Nogometni Klub Maribor , commonly referred to as NK Maribor or simply Maribor, is a professional association football club based in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Founded on 12 December, 1960, Maribor is one of only three football clubs in the country who have never been relegated from...
in the Slovenian First League from 2006 until January 2010, when he moved to Israel to play with F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod...
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Honours
FK Leotar-
- Champion of Premier League of Bosnia and HerzegovinaPremier League of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe 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....
in 2003NK Maribor - Champion of Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2009
- Champion of Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
External sources
- Profile at Playerhistory.
- Stats from Slovenia at PrvaLiga.
- Profile at Transfermarkt.
- Profile and interview at NK Maribor official website.
- Profile and news at Sedlare.org.