Marin Ljubičić (born 15 June 1988) is a

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n professional

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who last played as a

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for ONK Metković.

Club career

Ljubičić started playing football at his local club ONK Metković, shortly moving on to

NK Neretva Nogometni klub Neretva Metković (), commonly referred to as NK Neretva or simply Neretva, is a Croatian professional football club based in the town of Metković, in the region of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The club's first name was NK Narona. O ...

, before joining the

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...

academy. Becoming professional for the club, he played in top-tier 31 match before moving on to

NK Zadar Nogometni klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as NK Zadar or simply Zadar, was a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast, best known for playing in the top flight of Croatian football for almost twenty years. Histor ...

in the summer of 2008. After a season and a half, Ljubičić rejoined Hajduk, featuring in further 29 league matches for the club before being transferred to the Ukrainian side

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in the summer of 2011, for the sum of 400 thousand Euros. After three years in Tavriya, in the summer of 2014, Ljubičić joined the Hungarian side

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. After 4 months at the club, without a single game for the first team, Ljubičić moved on to Slovakia, signing for

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. After three years at the club, having played in 100 games for DAC, Ljubičić joined their rivals Slovan Bratislava in August 2018. After further stints in

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and

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, Ljubičić returned to Croatia, signing for second-tier

NK Dugopolje NK Dugopolje is a Croatian professional football club based in the town of Dugopolje on the outskirts of Split, a city on the Adriatic coast. They were founded in 1952, and they currently play in the Prva nogometna liga (English: First footbal ...

in the summer of 2022.Dugopolje predstavilo sedam pojačanja, među njima i Marin Ljubičić i Marko Tešija
at Sportnet.hr

Honours

Slovan Bratislava * Fortuna Liga: 2018–19, 2019–20 * Slovnaft Cup: 2019–20

References

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* * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Metković Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players NK Zadar players SC Tavriya Simferopol players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FK Senica players ŠKF Sereď players NK Dugopolje players Croatian Football League players Ukrainian Premier League players Slovak First Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub