Mario Sačer (born 17 November 1990 in

Varaždin Varaždin ( or ; , also known by #Name, alternative names) is a city in Northern Croatia, north-east of Zagreb. The total population is 46,946, with 38,839 in the city settlement itself (2011). The city is best known for its baroque buildings, ...

) is a Croatian football striker who plays for Draskovec after spending several seasons at NK Varaždin.

Career

Sačer started playing football at 6 years of age for his hometown club Drava Sveti Đurđ, moving soon to Podravina in nearby

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and finally joining the youth ranks of Varteks in 2000. He came into the spotlight playing for the Varteks U-19 team, when he was named the best player and scorer of the Prva HNL Academy for the 2008–2009 season, amassing an impressive tally of 32 goals and 14 assists in 30 games, 11 goals more than the runners-up

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and Valentino Stepčić. He made his first team debut for Varteks in May 2009, entering for the last 8 minutes in the game versus

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. He joined the ranks of

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

, of which he stated to be an avid fan, in late June 2009. Not breaking through initially to the first team, he was sent on loan back to Varteks during the winter transfer season, losing, however, his place in the team in mid-March, due to the dispute of his two clubs regarding the transfer fee, but returning to the first team in May, scoring two goals in the last three games of the season. He remained on loan with his hometown club, which had changed its name from NK Varteks to NK Varaždin, for the first half of the 2010–11 season, finding his position moved more and more moved to the right wing, and unable to regain his scoring streak. Returning to Hajduk Split, he was again sidelined, playing in only two games, one of which was 90 minutes against his former club. The following summer, he was again sent on loan to Varaždin for the 2011–12 season. After a series of moves, he returned to his hometown in 2017, playing for the new NK Varaždin, unassociated with the club he played with at the start of his career, which folded in 2015. He had a spell at Austrian lower league side FC Trofaiach during the COVID-19 year.Austrian career stats
- ÖFB

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sacer, Mario 1990 births Living people Footballers from Varaždin Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players HNK Hajduk Split players ND Mura 05 players NK Istra 1961 players FK Partizani Tirana players NK Međimurje players NK Dugopolje players Croatian Football League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Kategoria Superiore players First Football League (Croatia) players Austrian 2. Landesliga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria 21st-century Croatian sportsmen