Marko Simić (, ; born 16 June 1987) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a defender for Latvian club
Liepāja
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.
Born in
Obrenovac
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,
SR Serbia
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,
SFR Yugoslavia
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(now
Serbia
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), Marko Simić initially played in the youth categories of
FK Partizan
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. Simić was a part of one of the best generations of
BATE Borisov
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which made the group stages of the
UEFA Champions League
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in
2011
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and
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
. He made his debut for the
Montenegro national team in 2013.
Club career
Spartak Varna
In January 2007 Simić joined
Bulgarian A PFG
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side
Spartak Varna
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Founded ...
. He made his team début on 3 February in a 3–1 friendly win over
Svetkavitsa, but he never played in competitive match for Spartak. One months later Simić joined
North-East V AFG club
Chernomorets Byala on loan and earned 6 appearances to the end of the season.
Journeyman years
In summer of 2007 he signed with
Serbian League West
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Place
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. After a loan spell with
OFK Mladenovac
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History
The original club became a member of the Belgrade Football Subassociatio ...
during the second half of the season, he moved to Hungary to play with
Budapest Honvéd FC
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in the
Hungarian Championship. In summer 2009 he was back to Serbia to play with
Serbian First League
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(second tier) club
FK Bežanija
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History
Founded in 1921, the club changed its name several times in its early stag ...
. The following summer he moved to
FK Jagodina
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playing in the
Serbian SuperLiga
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where he made 12 league appearances scoring one goal during the first half of the
2010–11
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season.
BATE Borisov
During the winter break he moved to
FC BATE Borisov
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in the
Belarusian Premier League
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. He has established himself as a starter for the team. Simić featured in BATE's lineups in the UEFA Champions League in
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
and
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, featuring against
Barcelona
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,
Milan
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, and
Bayern Munich
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.
Kayserispor
In the winter 2013 transfer window, Simić moved to Kayserispor, whose coach at the time,
Robert Prosinečki
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, was instrumental in bringing Simić to the club.
Rostov
On 14 March 2017, he signed a short-term deal with the
Russian Premier League
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side
FC Rostov
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History
Soviet era (1930-199 ...
until the end of the 2016–17 season after Rostov's first-choice defender
Vladimir Granat
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suffered a season-ending injury.
International career
On 29 September 2011, he received his first ever call for the
Serbia national team for the upcoming
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
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matches against Italy and Slovenia on 7 and 11 October, but did not debut.
Later, he received a call for the
Montenegro national football team
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and debuted in a friendly match played against Belarus on 14 August 2013. As of 15 October 2020, he has earned a total of 43 caps, scoring 1 goal.
Career statistics
Club
International
International goals
:''Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
People from Obrenovac
Men's association football central defenders
Serbian men's footballers
Montenegrin men's footballers
Montenegro men's international footballers
FC Spartak Varna players
FK Radnički 1923 players
OFK Mladenovac players
Budapest Honvéd FC players
FK Bežanija players
FK Jagodina players
FC BATE Borisov players
Kayserispor footballers
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
FC Rostov players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
FK Liepāja players
FK Budućnost Podgorica players
FK Sutjeska Nikšić players
Serbian First League players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Belarusian Premier League players
Süper Lig players
TFF 1. Lig players
Israeli Premier League players
Russian Premier League players
Uzbekistan Super League players
Latvian Higher League players
Montenegrin First League players
Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
21st-century Serbian sportsmen