Momčilo Mrkaić ( sr-cyr, Момчило Мркаић; born 21 September 1990) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bosnian Premier League The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

club Sloga Meridian.

Club career

Born in

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, he started playing with local club

FK Leotar FK Leotar ( sr-cyrl, ФК Леотар), commonly known as Leotar Trebinje or simply Leotar, is a professional football club based in the city of Trebinje that is situated in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1925 and named after the mou ...

which was playing in the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

at the time. Soon he was spotted as a talented youngster and in the summer of 2009 he was already moving abroad, to Serbia, and signing with

New Belgrade New Belgrade (, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. It was a Planned community, planned city and now is the central business district of Serbia and South East Europe. Construction began in 1948 in a previously un ...

-based club

FK Bežanija FK Bežanija () is a football club based in Bežanija, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1921, the club changed its name several times in its early stag ...

. A former

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

member, Bežanija was fighting back then in the

Serbian First League The Serbian First League (), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegr ...

for its return to the SuperLiga. Mrkaić made 14 appearances in the first half of the season and then accepted to play on loan in

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League (, ''Vyšejšaja Liha'' or ''Vysheyshaya Liga''; ; "Top League"), also called the BETERA Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Belarus and the highest level of the B ...

side

FC Gomel FC Gomel () is a Belarusian association football, football club based in the city of Gomel. Their home stadium is Central Stadium (Gomel), Central Stadium. History Teams from Gomel (usually city or raion selection or railway-based team ''Lokomo ...

the next half season. He won the

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while at Gomel in the

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cup season. The following seasons, he played in Serbian second level sides

FK Zemun Fudbalski klub Zemun (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Земун) is a Serbian professional football club based in Zemun, Belgrade, that competes in the Serbian First League. History Immediately after the end of the Second Wor ...

and

FK BSK Borča Fudbalski klub BSK Borča ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб БСК Борча) is a Serbian football club from Borča, City of Belgrade. It is the football club of the Sports Society BSK Borča, ''BSK'' stands for ''Borčanski sportski klub ...

. During the winter-break of the 2014–15 season he returned to Bosnia and signed with Premier League side

FK Drina Zvornik Fudbalski klub Drina Zvornik (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Дрина Зворник) is a professional association football club from the city of Zvornik that is situated Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the First L ...

. Since then he played with another three Premier League clubs,

FK Radnik Bijeljina Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Радник Бијељина) is a professional association football club based in the city of Bijeljina that is situated in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays ...

NK Vitez NK Vitez is football club based in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Center. The club's crest has the sword in front of a football ball. It also features the year when ...

and

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (), colloquially referred to as Zrinjski Mostar or simply Zrinjski, is a Herzegovinian professional Association football, football club, based in Mostar. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and wit ...

. With Zrinjski he won the league title in the 2016–17 season. After Zrinjski, Mrkaić returned to Serbia and played for

FK Javor Ivanjica FK Javor Ivanjica () is a professional football club based in Ivanjica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. History In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ...

, before signing with another Serbian SuperLiga club in the summer of 2018,

, where he has been playing ever since. In January 2020, Mrkaić signed a contract with

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

until the end of the 2022–23 season.

Honours

Gomel *

Zrinjski Mostar *

: 2016–17 Vojvodina *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...

: 2019–20

References

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Momčilo Mrkaić
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Mrkaic, Momcilo 1990 births Living people Footballers from Trebinje Men's association football forwards Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen FK Leotar players FK Bežanija players FC Gomel players FK Zemun players FK BSK Borča players FK Drina Zvornik players FK Radnik Bijeljina players NK Vitez players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players FK Javor Ivanjica players FK Vojvodina players FK Borac Banja Luka players FC Tobol players FK Sloga Meridian players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Serbian SuperLiga players Belarusian Premier League players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan