Marko Grgić (born 30 June 1987) is a Croatian former

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who played as a

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. He was called up for the Croatian national under-21 team in 2008, but was never

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Club career

Born in

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

, Grgić went through the ranks of Čitluk's

NK Brotnjo HNK Brotnjo ( Croatian: ''Hrvatski nogometni klub Brotnjo-Čitluk,'' lit. 'Croatian Football Club Brotnjo-Čitluk') is a football club based in Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and He ...

before moving in 2005 to 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. After a season there, he wasn't given a professional contract and was released on a free transfer, only to be snapped up by

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian football club based in the capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of Croatian footbal ...

, led by

Miroslav Blažević Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (; 9 February 1935 – 8 February 2023) was a Bosnian-Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. A former right winger, his professional ...

who saw in the young player a way to get back at Hajduk's chairman Branko Grgić – who shares his surname, and who had previously sacked Blažević, claiming that he was better than

Luka Modrić Luka Modrić (; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder and Captain (association football), captains both La Liga club Real Madrid and the Croatia national football team, Cro ...

.Ćiro: Moj Grgić je bolji od Luke Modrića
at Index.hr Grgić debuted against Hajduk, coming in the 19.8.2006 away fixture for Ivan Lajtman at the half-time of the 2–0 loss, managing a yellow card 10 minutes after. He remained at the club until the beginning of 2010, when he moved to

NK Međimurje NK Međimurje is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec. The club is named after Međimurje, the region in northern Croatia where the city of Čakovec is located. The club plays their home games at the Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec, whic ...

, with whom he was relegated to the

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga (), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League. The 1. NL is ope ...

. In the beginning of 2011, he was signed by

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg () is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays ...

and sent immediately on a loan to the high-flying Prva Liga BiH team

NK GOŠK Gabela Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football, football club based in Gabela, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gabela, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian language, Croatian, is the abbreviation of "Gabeoski Omladinski ...

, where he achieved promotion to the Premijer Liga BiH. Recalled to Široki Brijeg, he spent the following autumn there, but achieved only two caps there before being sent back on loan to

, where he would go on to sign a professional contract in the summer of 2012. The contract was rescinded, however, in the beginning of 2013 and he moved to the Treća HNL Jug side NK Neretvanac Opuzen.

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Marko Grgić profile
at Nogometni Magazin {{DEFAULTSORT:Grgic, Marko 1987 births Living people Footballers from Mostar Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen NK Zagreb players NK Međimurje players NK Široki Brijeg players NK GOŠK Gabela players HNK Brotnjo players Croatian Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Second Football League (Croatia) players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players