Marko Bedenikovic

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Marko Bedenikovic
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Bedenikovic in 2005
Personal information
Full name Marko Bedenikovic
Date of birth (1983-06-18) June 18, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defensive Midfield
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 San Francisco Dons
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 Mississauga Olympians
2004 Toronto Croatia 10 (0)
2005 Oakville Blue Devils 16 (2)
2006 Toronto Lynx 27 (1)
2007–2008 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 9 (2)
2008 Toronto Croatia 12 (0)
2009–2010 Integrál-DAC 7 (1)
2010–2011 Portugal/SC Toronto 25 (4)
2012 HNNK Zagreb
2018 CSC Mississauga
2018 Florida Tropics SC (indoor) 1 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal AC (indoor)
International career
2001 Canada U-17 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2019 November 27

Marko Bedenikovic (born June 18, 1984) is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a midfielder and defender.

Contents

Playing career

Early career

Bedenikovic played at the youth level with Dixie Soccer Club. [1] He received a scholarship in 2001 from the University of San Francisco in order to play at the college level for the San Francisco Dons. [2] [1] [3] He played with San Francisco for two seasons. [2] In 2002, he played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with the Mississauga Olympians. [4] He continued playing in the CPSL when he signed with Toronto Croatia for the 2004 season. [5] The Croats would go on to claim the CPSL Championship by defeating Vaughan Shooters. [6]

He also had several trials throughout Europe with clubs such as Lombard Pápa, Budapest Honvéd, and TuS Koblenz but ultimately wasn't offered a contract. [1] In 2005, he signed with the expansion franchise Oakville Blue Devils. [7] [8] In early September he received another tryout match in France but wasn't offered a contract. [9] [10] He returned for the remainder of the season and assisted in securing a postseason berth for Oakville. [11] In the second round of the playoffs, he contributed the winning goal against Hamilton Thunder that advanced Oakville to the finals. [12] He featured in the championship final and assisted Oakville in securing the title against Vaughan. [13]

Toronto Lynx

The following season he signed a contract with the Toronto Lynx of the USL First Division. [14] [15] The signing reunited him with former head coach Duncan Wilde. [16] He made his debut on April 22, against Virginia Beach Mariners. [17] He helped Toronto reach the final of the Open Canada Cup but was defeated by Ottawa St. Anthony Italia. [18] In his debut season with the Lynx, he appeared in 27 matches and recorded one goal. [19]

Europe

In 2008, he also played in a match with the reserve team of Toronto FC. [19] He returned to his former team Toronto Croatia and assisted the Croats in winning the 2007 Croatian World Club Championship. [20] He contributed a goal against Canberra Croatia FC which helped Croatia to claim the title. [20]

In 2009, he played abroad in Hungary's Nemzeti Bajnokság II with Integrál-DAC, where he appeared in seven matches and scored a single goal. [21] [22] Unfortunately, the club ceased operations in late 2009, which resulted in the termination of his contract.

Canada

After a stint in Europe, he returned to Canada for the 2010 CSL season to sign with Portugal FC. [23] He assisted Portugal in securing a postseason berth and recorded a goal in the playoffs in the second round against Milltown F.C. [24] The following season Portugal FC was renamed SC Toronto and he assisted the club in securing the First Division title. [25] [26]

Bedenikovic would later play in the Ontario Soccer League with HNNK Zagreb in 2012. [27] In 2018, he returned to the Canadian Soccer League to play with CSC Mississauga. [28]

Indoor career

After the relegation of Toronto to the Premier Development League, he played at the indoor level with Baltimore Blast in the Major Indoor Soccer League. [29] [5] He played in nine matches and recorded two goals for Baltimore. [30]

On December 6, 2018, Bedenikovic and six other players were signed by the Major Arena Soccer League's Florida Tropics SC. The high volume of signings was necessitated by issues with Canadian immigration laws, as the Tropics were due to play the Mississauga MetroStars on December 8. [31] For the remainder of the indoor season, he played in the Mississauga-centered Arena Premier League with Portugal AC. [32]

International career

Bedenikovic was called to the Canada men's national under-17 soccer team camp in 2001. [33] [34]

Honors

Toronto Croatia

Oakville Blue Devils

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