Marin Ljubičić (footballer, born 1988)

Marin Ljubičić (born 15 June 1988) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for NK Dugopolje.

Not to be confused with Marin Ljubičić (footballer, born 2002).

Marin Ljubičić
Personal information
Full name Marin Ljubičić
Date of birth (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988[1]
Place of birth Metković, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Dugopolje
Number 8
Youth career
ONK Metković
1999-2001 Neretva
2001-2006 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Hajduk Split 31 (2)
2008–2009 Zadar 39 (4)
2010–2011 Hajduk Split 29 (2)
2011–2014 Tavriya Simferopol 71 (4)
2014 Puskás Akadémia FC 0 (0)
2015–2018 DAC Dunajská Streda 100 (8)
2018–2020 Slovan Bratislava 37 (8)
2021 Senica 7 (1)
2021–2022 Sereď 22 (1)
2022- Dugopolje 23 (0)
International career
2004 Croatia U17 3 (0)
2006 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2007 Croatia U19 3 (1)
2008–2009 Croatia U20 5 (2)
2007–2009 Croatia U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023

Club career

Ljubičić started playing football at his local club ONK Metković,[2] shortly moving on to NK Neretva, before joining the HNK Hajduk Split academy. Becoming professional for the club, he played in top-tier 31 match before moving on to NK Zadar in the summer of 2008. After a season and a half, Ljubičić rejoined Hajduk, featuring in further 29 league matches for the club before being transferred to the Ukrainian side SC Tavriya Simferopol in the summer of 2011, for the sum of 400 thousand Euros.[3]

After three years in Tavriya, in the summer of 2014, Ljubičić joined the Hungarian side Puskás Akadémia FC.[4] After 4 months at the club, without a single game for the first team, Ljubičić moved on to Slovakia, signing for DAC Dunajská Streda.[5]

After three years at the club, having played in 100 games for DAC, Ljubičić joined their rivals Slovan Bratislava in August 2018.[6]

After further stints in Senica and Sereď, Ljubičić returned to Croatia, signing for second-tier NK Dugopolje in the summer of 2022.[7]

Honours

Slovan Bratislava

References
  1. 5 Marin Ljubičič 30.07.2022, fortunaliga.sk
  2. Metkovac Marin Ljubičić potpisao za Slovan Bratislavu at Metković News
  3. Bivši U-21 reprezentativac i dijete Hajduka karijeru nastavlja u Slovačkoj at Germanijak
  4. Marin Ljubicic a Puskás Akadémia FC játékosa at the PFLA official site
  5. Távozott a felcsútiak láthatatlan horvát légiósa at Rangadó
  6. "Na Slovensku som štyri roky. Viem, kam prichádzam, hovorí slovanista Ljubičič | ProFutbal.sk". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. Dugopolje predstavilo sedam pojačanja, među njima i Marin Ljubičić i Marko Tešija at Sportnet.hr


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