Marko Marić (born 25 April 1983) is a Croatian former professional

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who last worked as an assistant manager of

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 ...

Playing career

Europe

Born in

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, Marić began his career with Croatia's

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 in two years at the club appeared in 35 league matches. In 2005, he joined Greek First Division side

Egaleo FC Egaleo Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αιγάλεω 1931) is a Greek professional football club based in Egaleo, a suburb of Athens, Greece. Founded in 1946, it uses all documents of previous club (Ierapolis F.C., founded in 1931). The team current ...

. In two years in Greece Marić appeared in 41 league matches and scored one goal. His play with Egaleo FC did not go unnoticed and Marić started to receive interest from higher level clubs. In the summer of 2007 he signed a three-year contract with France's

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

. In two years at the club Marić received limited playing time making five league appearances and scoring one goal. On 29 January 2010 the Croatian midfielder left Lille and returned to Greece signing for

Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues. Founded in 1967, Xan ...

North America

On 2 March 2011, Marić signed with Chicago Fire of

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. He made his debut for his new team on 14 April 2011 in a game against the

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. That proved to be the only match Marić played for Chicago before suffering an injury and spending the remainder of season on the injured reserve. Marić was eventually waived by the club on 14 September 2011.

Coaching career

On 13 March 2018, Marić was named assistant coach of Croatian team

in staff of manager

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* * 1983 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Zagreb players NK Marsonia players Egaleo F.C. players Lille OSC players Xanthi F.C. players Chicago Fire FC players Croatian Football League players Ligue 1 players Super League Greece players Major League Soccer players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in France Croatian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the United States GNK Dinamo Zagreb non-playing staff {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub