Marin Jakoliš (born 26 December 1996) is a Croatian-Australian professional

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who plays as a winger or forward for

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club

Macarthur FC Macarthur Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in South Western Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in Australia's premier soccer competition, the A-League, under Professional sports league organi ...

Club career

On 29 January 2022, Jakoliš signed a 3.5-year contract with French club

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. On 20 January 2023, he was loaned out to

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

club

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition (ancient state), Kition of Larnaca") is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional association football, football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EP ...

until the end of the season.

Personal life

His brother

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is also a footballer. He wears the jersey number 44 as a nod to

Dražen Petrović Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s with Cibona and Real Madri ...

, a legendary Croatian basketball player who was coached by Jakoliš's father. Jakoliš' father is an Australian citizen, who had lived in Melbourne for 15 years. However, despite Jakoliš having an Australian passport, he is not currently eligible to play for Australia due to FIFA rules regarding his continuous Australian residency.

Honours

Macarthur *

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* 1996 births Living people Footballers from Šibenik Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ligue 1 players Cypriot First Division players HNK Šibenik players Royal Excel Mouscron players R.E. Virton players K.S.V. Roeselare players Admira Wacker players HNK Hajduk Split players Angers SCO players AEK Larnaca FC players Melbourne City FC players Macarthur FC players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus {{Croatia-footy-bio-stub