Ivan Marković (footballer, born 1994)

Ivan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Марковић; born 20 June 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Sham Shui Po.[1]

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)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sham Shui Po
Number 8
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 2 (0)
2017 Voždovac 3 (2)
2017 Radnik Surdulica 5 (0)
2018 AFC Eskilstuna 8 (0)
2019 Kalamata 2 (1)
2019 Rabotnički 17 (5)
2020–2022 Zob Ahan 24 (6)
2022–2023 FK Iskra 15 (1)
2023 FK Jezero 8 (0)
2023– Sham Shui Po 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023

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 2015, he signed for Cherno More coming from Levadiakos.[6]

Sham Shui Po

On 8 October 2023, he signed for Sham Shui Po.

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 March 2016 [7]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
ClubLeagueSeasonAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zemun 2010–11 Prva liga 1000––10
Total 1000000010
CSKA Sofia 2013–14 A Group 1010000–101
2014–15 210000–21
Total 122000000122
Levadiakos 2015–16 Superleague Greece 4021––61
Total 4021000061
Cherno More 2015–16 A Group 1000000010
Total 1000000010
Career Total 202210000223

    Personal life

    His brother, Vanja Marković, is also a professional footballer who currently plays for Sham Shui Po.

    References
    1. Ivan Marković at Soccerway
    2. "Novi Pazar 2-1 Zemun". soccerway.com. 15 June 2011.
    3. "Braća Marković napustila Partizan" (in Serbian). b92.net. 10 January 2013.
    4. "CSKA Sofia 1–0 Levski Sofia". soccerway.com. 15 March 2014.
    5. "Иван Маркович претърпя успешна операция, аут е за 6 месеца" (in Bulgarian). novsport.com. 23 July 2014.
    6. Черно море с трансферен удар - взима 21-годишна бивша звезда на ЦСКА
    7. Serbia - I. Markovic
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