Svetozar Marković (footballer)

Svetozar Marković (Serbian: Светозар Марковић, born 23 March 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serbian club Partizan.

Svetozar Marković
Personal information
Full name Svetozar Marković
Date of birth (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000
Place of birth Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2011 Radnik Bijeljina
2011–2017 Partizan
2015–2016 → Teleoptik (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Partizan 36 (2)
2019–2022 Olympiacos 0 (0)
2020 → AEL (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 → Partizan (loan) 24 (1)
2022– Partizan 32 (3)
International career‡
2015–2016 Serbia U16 9 (1)
2016–2017 Serbia U17 11 (0)
2017–2019 Serbia U18 2 (0)
2018–2021 Serbia U21 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2021

Club career

2017–18 season

Born in Bijeljina, Marković played in the youth academy of local club Radnik.[1] He joined Partizan in 2011, after passing the club's camp at Jahorina in 2009.[2] As a product of youth academy and club scholar, Marković started studying at Belgrade sports gymnasium in 2015, along with teammates Dušan Vlahović and Bojan Bojić.[3] He was also loaned to satellite club Teleoptik for the 2015–16 campaign.[4] In summer 2017, Marković joined senior squad as a captain of cadet team,[5] passing the pre-season with the first squad.[6] Marković made his official debut for Partizan, replacing Bojan Ostojić in the 88 minute of the Serbian Cup match against Rtanj Boljevac, played on 11 October 2017.[7] Marković made his first continental appearance for the club replacing Léandre Tawamba in 90 minute of the match against Viktoria Plzeň on 15 February 2018.[8] Marković made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 11 march 2018, playing a full-time in away 2–0 victory over Čukarički.[9] Several days later, on March 14, Marković made an assist to Nemanja R. Miletić in 2–0 cup victory over Javor Ivanjica.[10] Marković had also been elected for a player of the match after the game.[11] Marković scored his first goal for Partizan in 5–0 home victory over Borac Čačak in final fixture match of the regular season, played on 5 April 2018.[12] Marković played his first Eternal Derby on 14 April 2018, archiving a full-time in 2–1 defeat.[13] In May 2018, Marković awarded as the best debutant 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga campaign.[14] Marković won 2017–18 Serbian Cup with the club, beating Mladost Lučani on 23 May 2018, which was his first trophy in professional career.[15]

2018–19 season

In summer 2018, Marković passed the whole pre-season preparations with the first team in Slovenia.[16] He made his first continental appearance for Partizan in starting line-up in the first leg match of the first qualifying round for 2018–19 UEFA Europa League campaign, against Rudar Pljevlja. He played a full-time away game as a centre-back pairing with Marc Valiente, who had been replaced by Nemanja R. Miletić in the 77th minute.[17] Marković scored his first continental goal for Partizan and his second in professional career in 3–2 victory over Nordsjælland on 16 August 2018.[18] On 2 September 2018, Marković scored the only goal in 1–0 home victory over OFK Bačka on the Nemanja Nikolić's assist.[19]

2019–20 season

On 8 July 2019, reports subsequently confirmed that Markovic has signed a five-year contract with Greek giants Olympiacos on a transfer fee in the region of €1.5 million. The talented defender commented on the transfer: "I have moved to a very big club in Olympiacos. I’m happy about this and it shows that I am making progress in the sport. Yes, it’s hard for me to leave my country and my team, but Partizan will always be in my heart."[20][21]

International career

Marković started playing with Serbia national under-16 football team in 2015.[22] He capped mostly matches with the team,[23] scoring a goal in a match against Latvia on 15 May 2016.[24] As a regular member of Serbian under-17 national team,[25] Marković was called in squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship by coach Perica Ognjenović.[26] In August 2017, Marković was called into the Serbia 19 squad, for the memorial "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", but failed to make a debut during the tournament.[27] In December 2017, Perica Ognjenović called Marković in Serbian under-18 national team for the tournament in Israel.[28] He made his debut for the team in 1–0 defeat against home team on 11 December same year,[29] and also played against Germany next day.[30] As a coach of the Serbian under-21 level, Goran Đorović included Marković to the squad for competitive matches against Macedonia and Russia in September 2018.[31]

Style of play

"Sveta archived this game like the one against Čukarički, played without a mistake. I've said a million times, and now I repeat that he is the future of the club."

—Nemanja R. Miletić, an interview after the victory over Javor Ivanjica, March 2018[32]

At the beginning of his youth career, Marković used to play as a defensive midfielder or winger through the categories of Radnik Bijeljina.[33] Coming to Partizan's youth setup, he has adapted as a centre-back. As a player with strong team role effect, Marković has been ordered to lead youth team as a captain.[34] During the match against Javor Ivanjica in March 2018, coach Miroslav Đukić moved him to right-back position, which allowed him to break through the opponent's side and make an assist for a goal.[10] Standing at 6 ft 1⁄2 inches (1.84 m),[35] and being a right-legged footballer, Marković is sometimes compared with Sergio Ramos.[36]

Career statistics
As of 19 Αugust 2021[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partizan 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 111501[lower-alpha 2]0171
2018–19 251117[lower-alpha 2]1333
Total 3626181504
Olympiacos 2019–20 Superleague Greece 00200020
2021–22 00103040
Total 00303060
AEL (loan) 2019–20 Superleague Greece 80000080
Partizan (loan) 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 2415100292
Partizan 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 22210111343
2023–24 1010040141
Career total 100615226214110
  1. Includes Serbian Cup and Greek Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League

Honours

Club
Partizan

Individual

References
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  2. "Partizanova deca: Ma, kakvo more, pripreme su vrh". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. "Pao dogovor! Partizan šalje fudbalere u gimnaziju". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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