Ana Maria Marković (born 9 November 1999) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Damaiense and the Croatia national team.

Early life

Marković is of Croatian descent from her mother's side, who comes from

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. Marković was born in Split, and moved with her family to Switzerland aged 12, growing up in

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. Her younger sister Kristina Marković plays for

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women in the

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and the Croatia national team.

Club career

Aged 14, Marković began playing football in Switzerland; she stated that she began playing after feeling motivated from the growth of

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. While in Switzerland she featured for U21 squad at

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for three seasons before making the move to

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. In the game against her former club FC Zürich on 4 March 2023, Marković suffered a torn ACL and torn

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. On 9 August 2024, she signed for Portuguese club

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. However, she left the club in February 2025. Afterwards she signed for Damaiense.

International career

Having caught the eye of the

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while playing for

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in Switzerland, Marković was called up to play for the Croatia national team. She scored her first international goal in the 2023 World Cup qualifier against

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Personal life

Marković has been in a relationship with Portuguese footballer Tomas Ribeiro since 2023.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

;

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: 2021–22 finalist

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Markovic, Ana Maria 1999 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Croatian women's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportswomen Croatian emigrants to Switzerland Women's association football forwards Grasshopper Club Zurich (women) players S.C. Braga (women) players Women's Super League (Switzerland) players Campeonato Nacional Feminino players Croatia women's international footballers Swiss women's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland 21st-century Swiss sportswomen Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal