Marko Maletić (footballer, born 1993)

Marko Maletić (born 25 October 1993) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie C Group A club Renate. He holds dual Bosnian and Dutch citizenship, but competes internationally for Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

For the Canadian soccer player, see Marko Maletic (soccer).

Marko Maletić
Maletić in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Renate
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2004 Voetbalvereniging Lengel
2004–2009 De Graafschap
2010–2012 Utrecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 VfB Stuttgart II 14 (1)
2013–2014 → FC Oss (loan) 29 (8)
2014–2016 Excelsior 6 (0)
2015–2016 → Telstar (loan) 27 (9)
2016–2017 Lommel United 27 (4)
2017–2019 Roeselare 15 (1)
2018–2019 → FC Dordrecht (loan) 10 (2)
2019 → Paris FC (loan) 7 (1)
2019 Paris FC II 1 (0)
2019–2020 Paris FC 4 (0)
2020 Stade-Lausanne 12 (2)
2020–2021 NK Aluminij 14 (0)
2021 Zlatibor Čajetina 1 (0)
2022 TOP Oss 4 (0)
2022–2023 Javor Ivanjica 14 (0)
2023 Nocerina 17 (8)
2023– Renate 0 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 6 (1)
2011–2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 6 (3)
2012–2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023

Club career

Maletić made his debut for VfB Stuttgart II on 25 August 2012 in the 3. Liga in a 3–0 victory against SpVgg Unterhaching.[2]

On 2 September 2013, he was loaned out to FC Oss until the end of the season.[3]

On 27 June 2014, Maletić signed a two-year deal with Eredivisie side Excelsior.[4]

In June 2017, he moved to K.S.V. Roeselare.[5]

In January 2019, Maletić joined Paris FC on loan from Roeselare until the end of the season.[6]

In June 2022, Maletić signed with Javor Ivanjica in Serbia.[7]

International career
Maletić playing for the national under-21 team in 2014

Maletić played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina under-17 team at the 2010 European Under-17 Championship qualifying round. He scored a goal in this qualifying round on 30 September 2009 against Wales and reached the elite round of the competition. Maletić scored three goals for the Bosnia and Herzegovina under-19 team when he participated in the 2012 European Under-19 Championship qualification and elite round.

At the age of 18 Maletić was called for the first time into the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 team for the last two matches of the 2013 European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1 in September 2012.[8] He made his debut for the Bosnia and Herzegovina under-21 team on 14 November 2012 against Poland. On 4 June 2013, he scored his first goal for the under-21 national team in friendly match against Serbia.

Personal life

The parents of Marko and his older brother Stefan, who is also a footballer, are originally from Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References
  1. Marko Maletić at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Official match report: SpVgg Unterhaching - VfB Stuttgart II 0:3 (0:0)". German Football Association. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  3. "Der VfB verleiht Marko Maletic". VfB Stuttgart. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  4. "Promovendus vangt vertrek topscorer op met spits van Stuttgart". Voetbalprimeur. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. Roeselare legt Marko Maletic en Guy Dufour vast‚ nieuwsblad.be, 7 June 2017
  6. "Marko Maletić rejoint le Paris FC". Paris FC. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. "Devet fudbalera pojačalo Javor Matis" (in Serbian). Javor Ivanjica. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. "Thoughts turn to Brazil". VfB Stuttgart. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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