Marko Šimić (born 8 September 1985) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

After having played in the youth teams of

NK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

, Šimić later played as senior with

NK Croatia Sesvete NK Croatia Sesvete was a Croatian football club based in the Sesvete district of the City of Zagreb. Previous club names: NK Sljeme (1957–1988), NK Sesvete (1988–1996), NK Badel Sesvete (1996–1997), NK Sesvete (1997–1998). The club was ...

in the

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

. He was playing with Croatian side NK ZET when, in summer 2010, he moved to Serbia and signed with

FK Jagodina Fudbalski klub Jagodina () is a Serbian professional Association football, football club based in the city of Jagodina, which plays in the Serbian League East, the third tier in Serbia's football league. The club was founded in 1919 under the na ...

. During 2011 he received

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n citizenship thus not counting as foreigner while in Serbia anymore. His fine performances during the 2011–12 season earned him the title of best goalkeeper of the season.

International career

Šimić represented Croatia internationally at youth level.Marko Šimić
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Honours

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Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season The Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season is an annual award given to a set of 11 footballers in the top tier of Football in Serbia, Serbian football, the Serbian SuperLiga, SuperLiga, who are seen to be the best 11 players of the calendar season. S ...

: 2011–12

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Marko Šimić Stats
at Utakmica.rs * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simic, Marko 1985 births Living people Footballers from Valjevo Croats of Serbia Men's association football goalkeepers Serbian men's footballers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Croatia Sesvete players FK Jagodina players Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. players FK Radnički 1923 players FK Novi Pazar players Croatian Football League players Serbian SuperLiga players Persian Gulf Pro League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iran 21st-century Serbian sportsmen 21st-century Croatian sportsmen