Marko Jesic (born 7 August 1989 in

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) is an Australian

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player of Serbian descent who plays for

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Club career

Jesic grew up on the streets of

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in Sydney's south west and was promoted to the Newcastle Jets A-League squad after playing in the youth league. Jesic is a graduate from the Australian Institute of Sport.

Newcastle United Jets

Marko started his football career at

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. Upon his graduation from the Australian Institute of Sport he moved to

Newcastle United Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Austral ...

in 2008. On 6 October 2008 he made his

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

debut for

as a substitute against

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

. In his second game Marko scored his first goal for the Jets on his starting debut in Newcastle's 1–0 win over

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

on 18 October 2008 in the 86th minute. In 2009 Marko competed in the

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with the

. On 7 April 2009 Newcastle Jets played against

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and he was the man of the match.

Sun Pegasus

On 30 December 2013 it was announced that Marko had signed with Hong Kong club

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Return to Rockdale

On his return to Rockdale, he scored a brace in the opening game of the 2015 NPL NSW season against

APIA Leichhardt APIA Leichhardt Football Club, also known simply as APIA (Associazione Poli-sportiva Italo Australiana), is a semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Leichhardt in Sydney, Australia. The club was formed ...

in their 4–2 loss.

Marconi Stallions

In October 2015, Marconi Stallions announced that they had signed Jesic, along with other high-profile names, for their 2016 NPL2 campaign.

Honours

With

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: * International Cor Groenewegen Tournament (U-20): 2009 *

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* Weifang Cup (U-18): 2007

Honours

Sun Pegasus *

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Runners-up: 2013–14

References

External links

Newcastle Jets profile

FFA – Young Socceroos profile
* http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/189296,jeffers-a-dream-come-true-jesic.aspx 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Canberra Soccer players from the Australian Capital Territory Australian people of Serbian descent A-League Men players Newcastle Jets FC players Marconi Stallions FC players Australian Institute of Sport soccer players New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni Soccer players from Sydney Men's association football forwards Australian soccer players {{Australia-footy-forward-stub