Marko Krasić ( sr-cyr, Марко Красић; born 1 December 1985) is a Serbian professional

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who plays for

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club

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club (/''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian semi-professional Association football, soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a Non-FIFA international football, non-FIFA sanct ...

Club career

Early career

Krasić began his playing career with Borac Cacak. He would also play with Borac throughout their run in the country's top division. He also played in the

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in 2009 with Metalac Gornji Milanovac. In total, he played in 26 matches and recorded 5 goals in the top tier. In 2011, he had a trial session with the Polish club

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Asia

Krasić was recruited by the Indonesian side Arema to assist the club in the

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tournament. He helped the team reach the quarterfinals where they were defeated in a series of matches by

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. Throughout the continental tournament, he appeared in 7 matches. After a season in the Indonesian top-tier, he remained in Asia to play in the

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with

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. He participated in the 2014 Lunar New Year Cup where he contributed a goal in the tournament final against

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which secured the title for the club.

Various stints

Following his run in Asia he returned to his native Serbia in 2014 to play in the

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with

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. In the summer of 2015, he played abroad in North America with the

in the

. In his debut season with Serbia, he assisted the club in securing the First Division title.

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eliminated the Serbs in the second round of the playoffs. After his stint in Canada, he returned to Serbia to play in the country's third tier with Radnicki 1923 Kragujevac. He helped Radnicki secure promotion to the second division by winning the league title.

Return to Asia

On 3 February 2016, he signed for

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but ended up canceling his contract on 29 February 2016. His official return to the continent of Asia occurred in 2017 when he played in Hong Kong's premier league with

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. The next season he remained in the top tier by signing with Southern.

Balkans

He returned to the Balkan region to play in the

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with Rudar Pljevlja. In 2020, he returned to the Serbian second division where he played with Sloga Kraljevo.

Canada

Krasić returned to his former club the Serbian White Eagles for the 2022 season. He helped the Serbs in securing the regular-season title including a playoff berth. He played in the second round of the postseason against

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where the White Eagles were eliminated. He re-signed with the Serbs for the 2023 season where he participated in the Royal CSL Cup final where Toronto Falcons defeated the White Eagles in a penalty shootout. The Serbs would finish the 2023 campaign as runners-up to

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in the regular season. He returned for the 2024 season and helped Serbia win the Royal CSL Cup against Scarborough. He also contributed to securing the 2024 regular season title.

Managerial career

In 2023, he served as a coach for the Serbian White Eagles academy program.

Personal life

Krasić's older cousin

Miloš Krasić Miloš Krasić ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Красић; born 1 November 1984) is a Serbian former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. He played for the Serbia national football team, Ser ...

was also a footballer.

Honours

Citizen AA *

Lunar New Year Cup The Lunar New Year Cup, previously known as the Carlsberg Challenge or the Carlsberg Cup, is an annual invitational association football, football tournament organised in Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) since 1908. It is usua ...

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Serbian White Eagles * CSL Regular Season:

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Royal CSL Cup:

Royal CSL Cup runner-up:

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Radnički Kragujevac *

Serbian League West Serbian League West () is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East and Serbian League Vojvodina. It is also the highest ...

: 2016–17

References

External links

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Citizen Football Club profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krasic, Marko 1985 births Living people Footballers from Kragujevac Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers FK Borac Čačak players FK Remont Čačak players FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players Arema F.C. players Citizen AA players FK Inđija players Serbian White Eagles FC players FK Radnički 1923 players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Southern District FC players FK Rudar Pljevlja players FK Sloga Kraljevo players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian League players Indonesian Premier League players Hong Kong Premier League players Serbian First League players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Montenegrin First League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Serbian White Eagles FC non-playing staff 21st-century Serbian sportsmen