Marijo Marić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marijo Marić | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Heilbronn, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Union Böckingen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ESV Heilbronn | |||
| VfR Heilbronn | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | TSF Ditzingen | 24 | (8) |
| 1996–1997 | VfB Stuttgart II | ||
| 1997–1998 | Waldhof Mannheim | 5 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | SSV Reutlingen | 47 | (32) |
| 1999–2001 | VfL Bochum | 46 | (12) |
| 1999–2000 | → VfL Bochum II | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | FC Kärnten | 82 | (33) |
| 2004 | Arminia Bielefeld | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | Eintracht Trier | 17 | (4) |
| 2005 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 11 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | VfR Aalen | 53 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Croatia B | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Croatia | 8 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marijo Marić (born 12 January 1977) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He is the brother of Tomislav Marić.
Club career
[edit]Marić was born in Heilbronn, West Germany. He started his career at TSF Ditzingen, near Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. He was then signed by Stuttgart II, and then had spells at Waldhof Mannheim, SSV Reutlingen and VfL Bochum.
He then moved to Austrian club FC Kärnten and returned to Germany in summer 2004 when Arminia Bielefeld signed him for a two-year deal with a transfer fee of €150,000.
He just made five substitute appearances and then moved to Eintracht Trier in the 2. Bundesliga in January 2005. He then joined SpVgg Unterhaching also in the 2. Bundesliga and after that Regionalliga club VfR Aalen.
On 16 February 2009, he had an unsuccessful trial with Iranian giants Esteghlal F.C.[1] and joined later KSG Gerlingen.[2]
International career
[edit]While playing at FC Kärnten in the Austrian Bundesliga, he was called up to the Croatia national football team, for whom he earned eight caps and scored one goal. While six of these were friendly matches, two of them were Euro 2004 qualifying matches. His international goal came in the friendly match against Macedonia on 9 February 2003.
In the national team, he played three matches along with his brother Tomislav, two of them were Marijo replaced Tomislav, one of them were they both at the field at the same time.
He made his international debut in the friendly against Wales on 21 August 2002 and he played his last match against Slovakia, in a friendly match on 29 May 2004.[3]
He also played a B friendly against Romania, on 30 January 2001.
References
[edit]- ^ مهاجم كروات مورد تاييد كادر فني قرار نگرفت (in Persian). farsnews.ir. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ "Alle Mannschaften der Fußball-Landesliga, Staffel 1, auf einen Blick" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Marijo Marić at WorldFootball.net
- Marijo Marić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marijo Marić at kicker (in German)
- Marijo Marić at FBref.com
- Marijo Marić at the Croatian Football Federation
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Heilbronn
- German people of Croatian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Croatian men's footballers
- Croatia men's international footballers
- TSF Ditzingen players
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- SV Waldhof Mannheim players
- SSV Reutlingen 05 players
- VfL Bochum players
- VfL Bochum II players
- FC Kärnten players
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- SV Eintracht Trier 05 players
- VfR Aalen players
- SpVgg Unterhaching players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- 3. Liga players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Croatian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria