Marko Božič (born 7 February 1984) is a retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Božič played for Mura and

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. He played both legs of UEFA Cup qualification for Koper that season, before went to FK Rad of

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on 5 September 2007.

International career

He was called up for a friendly match against

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on 18 August 2004, but did not play in the match. He was capped for Slovenia U21 in

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and

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. At U19 level, he was in the squad of Slovenian U19 team entered the second qualifying round of the

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at NZS 1984 births Living people Footballers from Koper Men's association football midfielders Slovenian men's footballers Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers FC Koper players NK Mura players Treviso FBC 1993 players FK Rad players NK Domžale players NK Ivančna Gorica players MNK Izola players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub