Marko Jesic

Marko Jesic (born 7 August 1989) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Marconi Stallions FC.

Marko Jesic
Jesic playing for the Olyroos in 2011
Personal information
Full name Marko Danny Jesic
Date of birth (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989
Place of birth Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Marconi Stallions
Youth career
Marconi Stallions
2005–2006 NSWIS
2006–2007 AIS
2008 Newcastle Jets
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Newcastle Jets 52 (10)
2013–2014 Sun Pegasus 8 (2)
2014–2015 Rockdale City Suns 30 (13)
2015– Marconi Stallions 173 (92)
International career‡
2006–2007 Australia U17 5 (2)
2007–2009 Australia U20 11 (5)
2010–2011 Australia U23 9 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2022

Club career
Jesic playing for the Newcastle Jets

Jesic grew up on the streets of Bossley Park in Sydney's south west and was promoted to the Newcastle Jets A-League squad after playing in the youth league. Jesic is a graduate from the Australian Institute of Sport.

Newcastle United Jets

Marko started his football career at AIS. Upon his graduation from the Australian Institute of Sport he moved to Newcastle United Jets in 2008. On 6 October 2008 he made his A-League debut for Newcastle United Jets as a substitute against Wellington Phoenix. In his second game Marko scored his first goal for the Jets on his starting debut in Newcastle's 1–0 win over Melbourne Victory on 18 October 2008 in the 86th minute.[1][2]

In 2009 Marko competed in the AFC Champions League with the Newcastle United Jets. On 7 April 2009 Newcastle Jets played against Nagoya Grampus and he was the man of the match.

Sun Pegasus

On 30 December 2013 it was announced that Marko had signed with Hong Kong club Sun Pegasus.[3]

Return to Rockdale

On his return to Rockdale, he scored a brace in the opening game of the 2015 NPL NSW season against APIA Leichhardt in their 4–2 loss.[4]

Marconi Stallions

In October 2015, Marconi Stallions announced that they had signed Jesic, along with other high-profile names, for their 2016 NPL2 campaign.[5]

Honours

With Australia:

Honours

Sun Pegasus

References
  1. "Jets turn to Jesic after search fails". Archived from the original on 3 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  2. "Youngster Jesic Add To Jets". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  3. Pegasus signed an Australian player
  4. Lopez, Matthew (16 March 2015). "Tigers dominate Suns". NPL NSW. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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