Martin Šarić

Martin Šarić
Personal information
Date of birth	18 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1999	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Sportivo Luqueño
2001	Nueva Chicago
2002	NK Zagreb
2002–2004	NK Rijeka
2004–2005	NK Ljubljana
2005	Hapoel Beer Sheva
2006–2007	Politehnica Iaşi
2007	Oțelul Galați
2007–2008	Hapoel Ramat Gan
2008–2009	NK Celje
2010	Toronto FC
2011	Sportivo Luqueño
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2018

Martin Šarić (born 18 August 1979 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Šarić began his career in his native Argentina in the youth system of San Lorenzo. He went on to play for the club's reserve side before being released in 1999.^[1] He went on to play for Sportivo Luqueño in Paraguay and Nueva Chicago, whom he helped return to the top flight in 2001, before moving to further his career in Europe in 2002.

He played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup with Croatian club NK Rijeka in 2002, played with FC Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2003, and played with Politehnica Iași in Romania in 2006/2007, as well as a short spell in Israel.

Šarić played 25 matches for NK Celje in the 2008/09 season before leaving the club shortly after the beginning of the 2009/10 season. He signed with Toronto FC on 26 March 2010 after a successful trial.^[2] He made his debut for Toronto FC on 27 March 2010 in a 2–0 loss to Columbus Crew. Saric scored his first goal for Toronto in a 2–1 home victory over Cruz Azul in the CONCACAF Champions League 17 August 2010.^[3] After making 23 appearances and scoring 1 goal in all competitions in the 2010 season with Toronto he was released by the club on 24 November.^[4]

His older brother was San Lorenzo's former player, Mirko Šarić, one of big hopes of Argentine football,^[5] who committed suicide in 2000.

Honours

Croatian national football league (Prva HNL) with NK Zagreb in 2002.

Toronto FC

Canadian Championship (1): 2010

References

^ http://enunabaldosa.com/?p=609; enunabaldosa.com, 2 December 2005
^ Saric signs with Toronto FC Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine; TorontoFC.ca, 26 March 2010
^ Saric's first goal in Champions League Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; TorontoFC.ca, 18 August 2010
^ Toronto Waives Five Players Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Toronto FC, 24 November 2010
^ (in Spanish) Terra Archived 16 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine Sólo tenía 21 años, 3 Apr 2001
"y estaba proyectado como una figura excluyente en el equipo, al punto que los dirigentes cotizaron su pase en 10 millones de dólares. ", accessed 29 March 2011

External links

MLS player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 September 2010)
Martin Šarić at BDFA (in Spanish)
Martin Šarić at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Martin Šarić at Soccerway
Martin Šarić Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine at argentinesoccer.com

[1] ttp://enunabaldosa.com/?p=609; enunabaldosa.com, 2 December 2005

[2] Saric signs with Toronto FC Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine; TorontoFC.ca, 26 March 2010

[3] Saric's first goal in Champions League Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; TorontoFC.ca, 18 August 2010

[4] Toronto Waives Five Players Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Toronto FC, 24 November 2010

[5] (in Spanish) Terra Archived 16 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine Sólo tenía 21 años, 3 Apr 2001
"y estaba proyectado como una figura excluyente en el equipo, al punto que los dirigentes cotizaron su pase en 10 millones de dólares. ", accessed 29 March 2011

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