Marijan Zovko

Marijan Zovko

Personal information
Date of birth	21 August 1959 (1959-08-21) (age 52)
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 Belgrade (loan)	17	(0)
1980-1989	FK Vojvodina	196	(30)
1989-1991	Lierse SK
Teams managed
2000	Marsonia
2001-2002	NK Žepče
2002-2003	NK Posušje
2005-2006	Slavonac CO
2009-2011	MV Croatia Sl.Brod
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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, wining 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

1. ^ Stats from Yugoslav League until 1991

External sources

• Profile in Worldfootball.
• Player story in Vojvodina official website.

Persondata
Name	Zovko, Marijan
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	21 August 1959
Place of birth	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death