Marko Popović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Марко Поповић; born 25 August 1982 in Resava) is a

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er.

Career

He began his career in the youth teams of the famous Serbian club

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. Later he played for FK Jedinstvo and

FK Leotar Trebinje FK Leotar ( sr-cyrl, ФК Леотар), commonly known as Leotar Trebinje or simply Leotar, is a professional football club based in the city of Trebinje that is situated in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1925 and named after the mou ...

. He has been playing for

NK Maribor NK may refer to: Businesses *Imerys (Euronext ticker code NK) *Nordiska Kompaniet, a department store in Stockholm, Sweden *Northrup-King Seed Company *Spirit Airlines (IATA code NK) *NK.pl, a Polish school-based social networking service Places ...

in the

Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...

from 2006 until January 2010, when he moved to Israel to play with

F.C. Ashdod SC Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Moadon Sport Ashdod'', lit. Sport Club Ashdod, mainly known in Israel by the semi-acronym name , ''Mem Samekh Ashdod'', lit. S.C. Ashdod) is an Israeli football club, playing in the port cit ...

Honours

* Leotar **Champion of

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and Herz ...

in 2003 * Maribor **Winner of the Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2008–09

External sources

Profile
at Playerhistory.
Stats from Slovenia
at PrvaLiga
Profile and interview
at NK Maribor official website

at Sedlare.org. {{DEFAULTSORT:Popovic, Marko 1982 births Living people Serbian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Serbian expatriate men's footballers FK Leotar players Slovenian PrvaLiga players NK Maribor players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Israeli Premier League players F.C. Ashdod players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel FK Jagodina players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players FK Sloga Petrovac na Mlavi players People from Svilajnac Sportspeople from Pomoravlje District