Marko Simić
.jpg) Simić with Montenegro in a friendly versus Iran in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marko Simić | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Obrenovac, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Partizan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Spartak Varna | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Chernomorets Byala (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Radnički Kragujevac | 11 | (0) |
| 2008 | → OFK Mladenovac (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Budapest Honvéd | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Bežanija | 25 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | Jagodina | 12 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | BATE Borisov | 48 | (5) |
| 2013–2016 | Kayserispor | 75 | (4) |
| 2016- | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Montenegro | 17 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:38, 11 October 2014 (UTC). | |||
Marko Simić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Симић, born 16 June 1987) is a Serbian-born Montenegrin football defender playing with Kayserispor and the Montenegro national football team.
Born in Obrenovac,[1] SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), Marko Simić initially played in the youth categories of FK Partizan.[2] Simić was a part of one of the best generations of BATE Borisov which made the group stages of the UEFA Champions League in 2011 and 2012. He made his debut for the Montenegro national team in 2013.
Club career
Spartak Varna
In January 2007 Simić joined Bulgarian A PFG side Spartak Varna. He made his team début on 3 February in a 3–1 friendly win over Svetkavitsa,[3] but he never played in competitive match for Spartak. One months later Simić joined North-East V AFG club Chernomorets Byala on loan and earned 6 appearances to the end of the season.[4]
Journeyman years
In summer of 2007 he signed with Serbian League West side FK Radnički Kragujevac. After a loan spell with OFK Mladenovac during the second half of the season, he moved to Hungary to play with Budapest Honvéd FC in the Hungarian Championship. In summer 2009 he was back to Serbia to play with Serbian First League (second tier) club FK Bežanija.[5] The following summer he moved to FK Jagodina playing in the Serbian SuperLiga where he made 12 league appearances scoring one goal during the first half of the 2010–11 season.
BATE Borisov
During the winter break he moved to FC BATE Borisov in the Belarusian Premier League. He has established himself as a starter for the team. Simić featured in BATE's lineups in the UEFA Champions League in 2011 and 2012, featuring against Barcelona, Milan, and Bayern Munich.[6]
Kayserispor
In the winter 2013 transfer window, Simić moved to Kayserispor, whose coach at the time, Robert Prosinečki, was instrumental in bringing Simić to the club.[7]
International career
On 29 September 2011, he received his first ever call for the Serbian national team for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Italy and Slovenia on 7 and 11 October, but did not debut.[8]
Later, he received a call for the Montenegro national football team and debuted in a friendly match played against Belarus on August 14, 2013.[9]
References
- ↑ Marko Simić: spreman sam za Mesija article and interview at Kurir
- ↑ Marko Simić: spreman sam za Mesija article and interview at Kurir
- ↑ "Спартак Варна победи Светкавица" (in Bulgarian). sportni.bg. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
- ↑ "Бивш футболист на Черноморец Бяла игра в Шампионската лига" (in Bulgarian). varnautre.bg. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ Marko Simić at Srbijafudbal
- ↑ Mozzart Sport (author name unknown) (4 October 2012). "Marko Simić: Pokazali smo da nije sve u parama" (in Serbian).
- ↑ Ostojić, Dražen. Alo! Marko Simić kod Robija (Serbian) 15 January 2013
- ↑ Dva debitanta, na spisku i Vidić!? at B92
- ↑ Crna Gora remizirala u Bjelorusiji at Vijesti, 14-8-2013