Marijan Zovko (born 21 August 1959 in

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and a current football manager.

Playing career

He started his senior career playing in his hometown

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

club

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

where he will win the 1978–79 national Championship. In 1980, he moved to another top league 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 ...

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 , an impressive record for a defender. In October 1988 (1988–1989 season) he decides to move abroad, more precisely, to

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club

Lierse S.K. Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

where he will stay until 1991. He plays there 63 games and scored 9 goals.Belgiumsoccerhistory (Peter Mariën)
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Managerial career

After finishing his playing career, he became a football manager, coaching many clubs mainly in the Croatian and Bosnian top leagues.

Honours

;Hajduk Split *

: 1978–79 ;Vojvodina *

: 1988–89

References

External links

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Player story
in Vojvodina official website. 1959 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football central defenders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia under-21 international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players NK Marsonia players FK Vojvodina players Lierse S.K. players Yugoslav First League players Belgian Pro League players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Croatian football managers NK Marsonia managers HŠK Posušje managers Croatian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub