Žarko Korać ( Cyrillic: Жapкo Kopaћ, born 11 June 1987) is a Montenegrin

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player who plays as a

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Club career

Žarko has played mainly with Montenegrin club

FK Zeta FK Zeta is a football club from Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. It plays in the Montenegrin Second League. The club was the inaugural champion of the Montenegrin First League in 2006–07 season. History Period 19 ...

, having achieved the title of Montenegrin First League top scorer in the season 2006–07. After this early success, he decided to move abroad signing a contract with

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

club

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

. After not getting many chances there, he returned to

in December 2008. He played there until January 2010 when he moved to Moldovan club

FC Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnist ...

. In summer 2010 he returned to Zeta where he became a regular at the starting 11. He finished the

2012–13 Montenegrin First League The 2012–13 Montenegrin First League was the seventh season of top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 11 August 2012 and ended on 1 June 2013. The mid-season winter break began on 2 December 2012 and ended on 7 March 2013. FK Bud ...

season as the co-top scorer with 15 goals. following this success he has been loaned to

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups ( ...

of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

, where he scored 11 goals, finishing as the 5th top scorer in the league. on June 2, 2014, Korać has signed a 4-years contract with Israeli club

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...

, with a salary of €160,000 per season. Beitar also paid €160,000 to Hapoel Haifa for his service.Korac signed with Beitar
at Sport1.co.il After just half a season in Beitar, Žarko returned to Hapoel Haifa, where he plays ever since.

Honours

Club

* FK Zeta **

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 tea ...

: 2006–07

Individual

top goalscorer: 2006–07,

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References

*https://us.soccerway.com/players/zarko-korac/47188/ 1987 births Living people People from Podgorica Municipality Association football forwards Montenegrin footballers Montenegro under-21 international footballers FK Zeta players FK Vojvodina players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players OFK Grbalj players Kuantan FA players Zarko Korac UiTM FC players Hapoel Afula F.C. players FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje players Montenegrin First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Moldovan National Division players Israeli Premier League players Malaysia Premier League players Zarko Korac Liga Leumit players Montenegrin expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Moldova Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Israel Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate footballers in Thailand Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Montenegrin Second League players {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub