Marijan Zovko (born 21 August 1959 in Split) is a Croatian retired footballer and a current football manager.
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 August 1959 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Žepče, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Hajduk Split | 13 | (2) | ||||||||
| 1977 | → BSK Slav. Brod (loan) | 17 | (0) | ||||||||
| 1980–1988 | Vojvodina | 196 | (30) | ||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Lierse | 63 | (9) | ||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Marsonia | ||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1978 | Yugoslavia U-21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Marsonia | ||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Žepče | ||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Posušje | ||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Slavonac CO | ||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | MV Croatia Sl.Brod | ||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Marsonia | ||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Playing career edit
Born in Žepče,[1] he started his senior career playing in his hometown Yugoslav First League club HNK Hajduk Split where he will win the 1978–79 national Championship. In 1980, he moved to another top league club, FK Vojvodina where he played most of his career, becoming the team captain and, there too, winning the national title, in the 1988–89 season. In nine years there, between official and other, he played 461 matches, scoring 132 goals[2] , an impressive record for a defender. In October 1988 (1988–1989 season) he decides to move abroad, more precisely, to Belgian First Division club Lierse S.K. where he will stay until 1991. He plays there 63 games and scored 9 goals.[3]
He played for Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.[4]
Managerial career edit
After finishing his playing career, he became a football manager,[4] coaching many clubs mainly in the Croatian and Bosnian top leagues. His first job was at Marsonia, where he replaced Stjepan Deverić in August 2000.[5]
He was named manager of Marsonia again in February 2012, succeeding Miroslav Buljan.[6]
Honours edit
- Hajduk Split
- Vojvodina
References edit
- ^ Marijan Zovko osvojio je prvenstvo Jugoslavije dva puta, a bio je dio i mlade reprezentacije - BrodPortal (in Croatian)
- ^ "Stats from Yugoslav League until 1991". Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
- ^ a b Marjan Zovko at Worldfootball
- ^ I Marsonia promijenila trenera - SportNet (in Croatian)
- ^ Zovko umjesto Buljana - PlusPortal (in Croatian)
External links edit
- Marijan Zovko at Soccerway.com
- Marijan Zovko at WorldFootball.net
- Player story in Vojvodina official website.
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