Marko Grgić (born 30 June 1987) is a

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n retired

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. Marko was called up for the Croatian national under-21 team in 2008, but never got capped.

Club career

Born in

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

, Grgić went through the ranks of Čitluk's

NK Brotnjo Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Brotnjo ( en, Football Club Brotnjo) is a football club based in Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brotnjo plays out of Bare Stadium, which has a ...

before moving in 2005 to the

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 ...

academy. After a season there, he wasn't given a professional contract and was released on a free transfer, only to be snapped up by

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 ...

, led by

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who saw in the young player a way to get back at Hajduk's chairman Branko Grgić - who shares his surname, and who had previously sacked Blažević, claiming that he was better than

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.Ćiro: Moj Grgić je bolji od Luke Modrića
at Index.hr Grgić debuted against Hajduk, coming in the 19.8.2006 away fixture for Ivan Lajtman at the half-time of the 2-0 loss, managing a yellow card 10 minutes after. He remained at the club until the beginning of 2010, when he moved to

NK Međimurje NK Međimurje is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec. The club is named after Međimurje, the region in northern Croatia where Čakovec is located. The club play their home games at the Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec, which has a tota ...

, with whom he was relegated to the

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second ...

. In the beginning of 2011, he was signed by

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...

and sent immediately on a loan to the high-flying Prva Liga BiH team

NK GOŠK Gabela Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football club based in Gabela, near Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian means Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela Youth Sports Club). Currently, the club ...

, where he achieved promotion to the Premijer Liga BiH. Recalled to Široki Brijeg, he spent the following autumn there, but achieved only two caps there before being sent back on loan to

, where he would go on to sign a professional contract in the summer of 2012. The contract was rescinded, however, in the beginning of 2013 and he moved to the Treća HNL Jug side

NK Neretvanac Opuzen NK Neretvanac Opuzen is a Croatian football team from Opuzen founded in 1932 currently playing in the Treća HNL. Neretvanac played four seasons in the Croatian second division in the 1990s. The club is named after the river which runs through Op ...

References

External links

Marko Grgić profile
at Nogometni Magazin {{DEFAULTSORT:Grgic, Marko 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Mostar Association football forwards Association football midfielders Croatian footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers NK Zagreb players NK Međimurje players NK Široki Brijeg players NK GOŠK Gabela players NK Brotnjo players Croatian Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Second Football League (Croatia) players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players