Sergio Machin (sometimes also spelt Makin, born 6 July 1952) is a Croatian retired football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Machin | ||
| Date of birth | 6 July 1952 (age 71) | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1982 | Rijeka | 428 | (48) |
| 1982 | Zagreb | 10 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Born in Rijeka, as a player he was part of HNK Rijeka's golden generation which won the Yugoslav Cup in 1978 and 1979. He was an all round player that could play as a defender, midfielder and forward, although he was most comfortable in the midfield. Although one of Rijeka's most talented players, he never made an appearance in the Yugoslavia national team due to biases in favour of players from the "big four" (Red Star Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split).[1] Before finishing his career, he played the second half of the 1981-82 season with another Yugoslav First League club, NK Zagreb.[2]
Personal life edit
Currently, Sergio Machin lives in Novigrad, Istria, where he runs a hotel.[3]
Honours edit
- NK Rijeka
- Yugoslav Second League: 1970-71, 1971–72, 1973–74
- Yugoslav Cup: 1978, 1979
- Balkans Cup: 1978
Club statistics edit
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1974–75 | Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 25 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 1 | ||
| 1975–76 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| 1976–77 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1977–78 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| 1978–79 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
| 1979–80 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 1980–81 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | |||
| 1981–82 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Zagreb | 10 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Rijeka total | 176 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6 | ||
References edit
- ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 363–4.
- ^ Stats from Yugoslav leagues at B92
- ^ "HOTEL MAKIN, VL. SERGIO MAKIN, Novigrad (Cittanova)".
- ^ "Sergio Makin - Stats and titles won".
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