Marijan Zovko
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 21 August 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Split, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1977-1979 | Hajduk Split | 13 | (2) |
1977 | → BSK Sl. Brod (loan) | 17 | (0) |
1980-1989 | Vojvodina | 196 | (30) |
1989-1991 | Lierse | ||
Teams managed | |||
2000 | Marsonia | ||
2001-2002 | Žepče | ||
2002-2003 | Posušje | ||
2005-2006 | Slavonac CO | ||
2009-2011 | MV Croatia Sl.Brod | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Marijan Zovko (born 21 August 1959 in Split) is a Croatian retired footballer and a current football manager.
Playing career
He started his senior career playing in his hometown Yugoslav First League club HNK Hajduk Split where he will win the 1978-79 national Championship. In 1980 he moved to another top league club, FK Vojvodina where he played most of his career, becoming the team captain and, there too, winning the national title, in the 1988-89 season. In nine years there, between official and other, he played 461 matches, scoring 132 goals, an impressive record for a defender. It was in middle of that 1988-89 season that he decided to move abroad, more precissely, to Belgian First Division club Lierse S.K. where he will stay until 1991.[1]
After finishing his playing career, he become a football manager, coaching many clubs maynly in the Croatian and Bosnian top leagues.
Honours
- Hajduk Split
- 1 time Yugoslav First League Champion: 1978-79
- Vojvodina
- 1 time Yugoslav First League Champion: 1988-89
References
External sources
- Profile in Worldfootball.
- Player story in Vojvodina official website.