Luka Marić (born 25 April 1987) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Opatija.

Club career

Born in

Pula Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...

, in his first professional season for Istra 1961 he collected 19 caps and scored once during the 2011-12 Prva HNL. In mid-2012 he moved to

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

. In November 2014 he moved to Zawisza Bydgoszcz. On 5 July 2015 Marić signed a one-year deal with Iranian club Persepolis. Maric played 20 games in the 2015–16 season for Persepolis and helped the team to a runners up finish in the Persian Gulf Pro League. At the end of the 2015–16 season the club attempted to renegotiate Marić's contract but they could not reach an agreement and he was released. In 2018–2020, he was the player of the Ekstraklasa side Arka Gdynia. On 27 October 2020, he joined the Romanian

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club Argeș Pitești.

Career statistics

Honours

Rijeka * 1. HNL runner-up: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14 Persepolis * Iran Pro League runner-up: 2015–16 Dinamo București * Cupa Ligii: 2016–17 Arka Gdynia *

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* * 1987 births Living people Footballers from Pula Croatian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders NK Rovinj players NK Pomorac 1921 players NK Istra 1961 players HNK Rijeka players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Persepolis F.C. players FC Dinamo București players Arka Gdynia players FC Argeș Pitești players FC Brașov (2021) players CS Concordia Chiajna players NK Opatija players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Ekstraklasa players Persian Gulf Pro League players Liga I players Liga II players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub