Marinko Galič (born 22 April 1970) is a Slovenian former professional

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who played as a defender. He represented his country at the two major tournaments for which they qualified, the

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and the

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Club career

Born in

Koper Koper (; it, Capodistria, hr, Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres () south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres () from Triest ...

, Galič began his career playing for

FC Koper Football Club Koper, commonly referred to as FC Koper or simply Koper, is a Slovenian football club based in Koper that competes in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the top flight of Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football. The club was founded in 1920. ...

in 1991. In 1993, he joined

Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...

where he played three seasons. For the first time, he moved abroad in 1996 for

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian amateur football club based in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of ...

and

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

spending two seasons in Croatia before moving to Mura Murska Sobota. In 1998, he returned to Maribor for another three seasons and then he signed for Rudar Velenje before he returned for another two years for the club he started at, NK Koper. He left his country again in 2003 to play for the Chinese team

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and for the Cypriot team

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. After a short spell on Cyprus he returned home and played one season in the third league for

Malečnik Malečnik (, german: Maletschnig) is a village on the left bank of the Drava River east of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia. It belongs to the City Municipality of Maribor. There are two churches in the settlement. The local parish church is dedi ...

. He finished his professional career with a short spell at

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International career

Galič was capped 66 times for

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. He was a participant at the

and

Honours

Maribor *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 *

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: 1993–94, 1998–99 Zagreb * Croatian Cup: runner-up 1997

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Club career

International career

Honours

See also

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