Marko Poletanović (; born 20 July 1993) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a defensive midfielder for Vojvodina.

Club career

Vojvodina

Born in

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, he played with the youth teams of Vojvodina through several age categories. He made his senior debut in the first half of the 2011–12 season when he was loaned to Serbian League Vojvodina side Cement Beočin.Marko Poletanović
at Srbijafudbal During the winter break he returned to Vojvodina. Despite the fact that at same time Vojvodina brought much older players such as

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and

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to the squad in the midfield role, Poletanović managed to earn himself 12 appearances out of 15 matches during his first half season in the Serbian top flight.

Gent

On 21 January 2015, Poletanović signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with

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club

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. On 30 December 2015, news was released that he was going to be loaned out for six months to

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, however a few days later it became apparent that although both clubs had an agreement Poletanović did not want to move to OH Leuven and the deal was cancelled. Eventually, he was loaned to

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. In summer 2017, Poletanović mutually terminated the contract with the club and left as a

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Red Star Belgrade

On June 22, 2016, he signed a one-year loan deal with Serbian giant, champions

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, with option for permanent deal. Poletanović made his debut in an official match for Red Star on July 22, in the first round of the new season of the Superliga, in a draw against

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. Red Star manager

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praises his debut game. In his second game scored debut goal for Red Star against Metalac, in a win in the second championship round, with another good performance. After the end of season a loan spell expired and Poletanović left the club.

Tosno

On 19 August 2017, he signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club

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. He played as

won the

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final against Avangard Kursk on 9 May 2018 in the Volgograd Arena.

International career

Poletanović played for the Serbian under-17 and under-19 national youth teams. He made his international debut for

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in an friendly 3–0 loss to

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Vojvodina *

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: 2013–14 Gent *

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: 2014–15 Tosno * Russian Cup: 2017–18 Raków Częstochowa * Polish Cup:

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, 2021–22 *

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References

External links

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at utakmica.rs * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poletanovic, Marko 1993 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Vojvodina players FK Cement Beočin players K.A.A. Gent players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Red Star Belgrade footballers FC Tosno players Jagiellonia Białystok players Raków Częstochowa players Wisła Kraków players Zagłębie Lubin players Serbian SuperLiga players Belgian Pro League players Russian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players II liga players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Poland