Marko Poletanović

Marko Poletanović
Personal information
Full name Marko Poletanović
Date of birth (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Red Star Belgrade
(on loan from Gent)
Number 93
Youth career
0000–2011 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Vojvodina 72 (5)
2011Cement Beočin (loan) 11 (1)
2015– Gent 11 (1)
2016Zulte Waregem (loan) 8 (0)
2016–Red Star Belgrade (loan) 17 (2)
National team
2010 Serbia U17 1 (0)
2011–2012 Serbia U19 9 (0)
2013 Serbia U21 1 (0)
2016– Serbia 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 September 2016

Marko Poletanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Полетановић, born 20 July 1993) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Red Star Belgrade in the Serbian SuperLiga, on loan from Gent.

Club career

Vojvodina

Born in Novi Sad, he played with the youth teams of FK Vojvodina through several age categories. He made his senior debut in the first half of the season 2011-12 when he was loaned to Serbian League Vojvodina side FK Cement Beočin.[1] During the winter break he returned to Vojvodina. Despite the fact that at same time Vojvodina brought much older players such as Stephen Appiah and Almami Moreira to the squad in the midfield role, Poletanović managed to earn himself 12 appearances out of 15 matches during his first half season in the Serbian top flight.

Gent

On 21 January 2015, Poletanović signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Belgian Pro League club Gent.[2] On 30 December 2015, new was released that he was going to be loaned out for six months to OH Leuven,[3] however a few days later it became apparent that although both clubs had an agreement Poletanović did not want to move to OH Leuven and the deal was cancelled. Eventually, he was loaned to Zulte Waregem.

Red Star

On June 22, 2016, he signed a one-year loan deal with Serbian giant, champions Red Star Belgrade, with option for permanent deal. Poletanović made his debut in an official match for Red Star on July 22, in the first round of the new season of the Superliga, in a draw against Napredak.[4] Red Star manager Miodrag Božović praises his debut game. In his second game scored debut goal for Red Star against Metalac, in a win in the second championship round, with another good performance.[5]

International career

Poletanović played for the U-17 and U-19 Serbian national youth teams.[6] He made his international debut for the Serbia national football team in a friendly 3-0 loss to Qatar.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 December 2016[8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cement Beočin 2011–12 (loan)[1] League Vojvodina 111111
Vojvodina 2011–12 SuperLiga 12010130
2012–13 1903030250
2013–14 2646080404
2014–15 1513120202
Total 725131130986
Gent 2014–15 Division A 811090
2015–16 3000000030
2016–17
Total 111100000121
Zulte Waregem 2015–16 (loan) Division A 8080
Red Star Belgrade 2016–17 (loan) SuperLiga 1721120203
Career total 11991521500014911

International

As of 29 September 2016[9]
Serbia
YearAppsGoals
201610
Total10

References

  1. 1 2 Marko Poletanović at Srbijafudbal
  2. Marko Poletanovic tekent contract tot 2018 at K.A.A. Gent official website, 21-1-2015
  3. "OH Leuven neemt Poletanovic zes maanden over van AA Gent" [OH Leuven loans Poletanovic for six months from AA Gent] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2015-12-30.
  4. Delije najbolje na svetu! (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  5. Prva pobeda Zvezde, konacno pogodio Ugo, prvenci Ruiza i Poletanovica! (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. Marko PoletanovićUEFA competition record
  7. "Qatar - Serbia match report". eurosport.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. Marko Poletanović profile at Soccerway
  9. Marko Poletanović at National-Football-Teams.com

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