Kresimir Marusic (; born 23 November 1969) is a former Croatian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who, after beginning his career in his native country, played the majority of his career in Australia.

Playing career

Marusic played youth football with

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

between the ages of 10 and 17. He played in the First League with

NK Radnik Velika Gorica NK Radnik was a Croatian football (soccer), football club based in the town of Velika Gorica in Zagreb County. Founded in 1945, it spent its entire history in lower levels, before briefly appearing in the Croatian First Football League, the nati ...

and NK Segesta Sisak. In 1995, he joined Australian team

Melbourne Knights Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...

during the second half of the 1994–95 National Soccer League season, playing eighttimes. In 1995, Marusic returned to Croatia, playing for NK Inker Zaprešić in the First League. Returning to Australia, Marusic joined Sydney United, where he 22 times during the 1996–97 National Soccer League season and won the

Johnny Warren Medal The Johnny Warren Medal is awarded to the best player of the Australian national soccer club competition. It was first awarded in the National Soccer League in 1990, and upon the NSL's demise in November 2004, was carried forward into the new na ...

as the league's player of the year. In 1997, he joined

Carlton SC Carlton Soccer Club is a defunct Australian association football (soccer) club. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1997–98 season until round eight of the 2000–01 season, after which it folded. The club was strongly linke ...

. Marusic played for Belgian club SK Lommel in the 1999–2000 season. He later played for NSL clubs Northern Spirit FC and

Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club, based in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states o ...

. Marusic was signed by Sydney United ahead of the

2001–02 National Soccer League The 2001–02 National Soccer League season, was the 26th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Prior to the start of the season, Canberra Cosmos and Eastern Pride were removed from the competition, reducing the league to 13 tea ...

season. He was released in January 2002 having played 13 times. In January 2002, Marusic returned to Melbourne Knights, playing 11 matches to finish his NSL career.

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1969 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders HNK Segesta players NK GOŠK-Dubrovnik 1919 players NK Inter Zaprešić players Croatian Football League players Carlton SC players Melbourne Knights FC players Sydney United 58 FC players Sydney Olympic FC players National Soccer League (Australia) players Australian people of Croatian descent K.F.C. Lommel S.K. players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub