Silvio Marić (born 20 March 1975) is a Croatian football

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and retired player who played as an

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. As of October 2022, he is the sporting director of Rudeš.

Club career

Born in

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, Marić began his professional career at

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in 1992. In the autumn of 1998, he appeared for Dinamo Zagreb in all of their six group matches in the

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and secured himself a move to English club Newcastle United on 4 February 1999 for a transfer fee of $5.8 million. He made his

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debut for Newcastle United on 10 March 1999 against

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, but never established himself as a regular in the side and, after making 23 Premier League appearances without scoring, moved to Portuguese club

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in 2000. At Newcastle United, he was the first Croatian player to appear in an

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, when he came on as a substitute in the Magpies' 2–0 defeat to Manchester United in the 1999 Final. During the final, with Newcastle trailing 2–0, Marić weakly shot past the post when exceptionally well placed to score. This summed up his Newcastle career in general. He did, however, score twice for Newcastle in their 1999-2000

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campaign, when he netted both home and away against

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. After playing one season for Porto, where he also never became a regular, he made his first comeback to Dinamo Zagreb and subsequently spent two seasons with the club before making another move abroad, to Greek club

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in 2003. He subsequently spent two seasons at Panathinaikos and also made nine UEFA Champions League appearances for the club before making his second comeback to Dinamo Zagreb in 2005, signing a two-year contract. However, with his role in the team largely diminished and the fact that he mostly appeared as a substitute, he cancelled his contract upon the end of the 2005–06 season and thus finished his playing career. In his three spells with Dinamo, he appeared in a total of 146 league matches and scored 41 goals.

International career

Marić made his international debut for the Croatia national team on 30 April 1997 in their 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against

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and scored his first international goal in his second cap against

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on 6 September 1997 in this same qualifying session. Between 1995 and 1997, he also made several appearances for the Croatia national under-21 team. He was also a member of the Croatian squad that won the bronze medal at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France and appeared in four matches at the tournament, although he only started the final group match against

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. He won a total of 19 international caps for Croatia between 1997 and 2002, but his first international goal also remained his only one. His last appearance for the Croatia national team came on 12 October 2002 in their second

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qualifier, which they lost 2–0 to

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on the road.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Results list Croatia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb * Prva HNL:

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, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2005–06 * Croatian Cup: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002 *

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: 2002 Porto *

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: 2001 Panathinaikos * Super League Greece: 2003–04 *

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: 2003–04

Orders

Ribbon of an Order of the Croatian Wattle

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- 1998

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maric, Silvio 1975 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players HNK Segesta players Newcastle United F.C. players FC Porto players Panathinaikos F.C. players Croatian Football League players Premier League players Primeira Liga players Super League Greece players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Croatian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Croatian football managers NK Rudeš managers