Ivan Marković (footballer, born 1994)

Ivan Marković
Personal information
Full name Ivan Marković
Date of birth (1994-06-20) 20 June 1994
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Central midfielder
Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Gyeongnam FC
Number 77
Youth career
2003–2008 Red Star Belgrade
2008–2011 Zemun
2011 VVV-Venlo
2012 Partizan
2013 Korona Kielce
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Zemun 1 (0)
2014–2015 CSKA Sofia 12 (2)
2015 Levadiakos 4 (0)
2016 Cherno More 1 (0)
2016– Gyeongnam FC 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2016.


Ivan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивaн Марковић; born 20 June 1994) is a Serbian footballer currently playing as a midfielder. He is nicknamed by Bulgarian media as "The Serbian Neymar".[1] He played for K-league club Gyeongnam FC.

Career

Early career

Born in Belgrade, Marković began playing football in the youth team of Red Star Belgrade before joined Zemun. He made his Zemun first team debut on 15 June 2011 at 16 years 360 days, in a 1–2 loss against Novi Pazar for Serbian First League, coming on as a substitute for Konstantin Stegnjajić at half-time.[2]

After a short spell in the VVV-Venlo's youth academy, Marković joined Partizan in 2012. In January 2013, Ivan left Partizan to join the Polish side Korona Kielce,[3] but failed to make a single league appearance in one year.

CSKA Sofia

On 22 February 2014 after a short trial period, Marković signed a two-and-half-year contract with CSKA Sofia. He made his debut in the Bulgarian A Group on 15 March in the Eternal derby of Bulgarian football against Levski Sofia, playing 57 minutes.[4] On 21 April, in his second participation in the Eternal derby, he scored his first league goal for CSKA, netting the 3rd for a 3–1 win.

In pre-season training for the 2014–15 season, Marković ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and received surgery on 22 July 2014.[5] His recovery was said to take up to six months.

Cherno More Varna

On 28 January he signed for Cherno More coming from Levadiakos.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 March 2016 [7]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zemun 2010–11 Prva liga 100010
Total 1000000010
CSKA Sofia 2013–14 A Group 1010000101
2014–15 21000021
Total 122000000122
Levadiakos 2015–16 Superleague Greece 402161
Total 4021000061
Cherno More 2015–16 A Group 1000000010
Total 1000000010
Career Total 20 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 22 3

    Personal life

    His brother, Vanja Marković, is also a footballer who currently plays for Korona Kielce in Ekstraklasa.

    References

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