Darko Maletić

Darko Maletić

Personal information
Full name	Darko Maletić
Date of birth	20 October 1980 (1980-10-20) (age 31)
Place of birth	Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Aktobe
Number	33
Youth career
1989–1997	Borac Banja Luka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2001	Borac Banja Luka	27	(3)
2001–2002	Rapid Wien	13	(0)
2002–2004	Publikum Celje	39	(2)
2004	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	(0)
2005	Shinnik Yaroslavl	8	(0)
2006	Vaslui	5	(0)
2006–2009	Partizan	44	(2)
2009–2010	TuS Koblenz	10	(1)
2010–2011	Borac Banja Luka	21	(6)
2011–	Aktobe	6	(0)
National team
2007–	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:42, 26 November 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Darko Maletić (born 20 October 1980) is a Bosnian footballer. He currently plays for FC Aktobe. Maletić holds peculiar record: he played in UEFA Cup for 5 different clubs from various countries (Rapid, Publikum, Zenit, Partizan and Aktobe).

Club career

He started his career with his hometown club FK Borac Banja Luka. In the summer of 2001 he moved to SK Rapid Wien. From January 2002 to the summer of 2004 he played for Publikum Celje of Slovenia. He then moved to Russia where he played for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (2004) and FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (2005). After six months with Romanian club FC Vaslui (2006), Maletić signed for Serbian giants FK Partizan where he won double crown before he moved to TuS Koblenz in January 2009.

Aktobe

Maletić signed for Aktobe on 10 July 2011 in a € 300K move from FK Borac Banja Luka.

International career

When Fuad Muzurović became the Bosnian national team's coach, the 26-year-old Maletić received his first call for a match against Norway in March 2007. He made his debut in the 82nd minute, replacing Adnan Čustović. Bosnia and Herzegovina won the match 2–1.

He played 7 games in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying but after Miroslav Blažević became coach, he dropped from the squad. After showing good form for Borac Banja Luka in the domestic league in 2011, he was recalled by coach Safet Sušić for the match against Romania in March.^[1] He was again called up for the matches against Romania away and Albania at home in June, and responded by scoring his first goal for the national team, against Albania.^[2]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 2011	Zenica	Albania	2-0	Win	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

References

1. ^ http://www.scsport.ba/v2/tekst.php?ID=16456
2. ^ http://sportsport.ba/bh_fudbal/zmajevi-u-zenici-nadletjeli-orlove/58468

External links

• National Football Teams
• Darko Maletić at prvaliga.si

Persondata
Name	Maletic, Darko
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	20 October 1980
Place of birth	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Date of death
Place of death