Marko Malenica

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Marko Malenica
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Nova Gradiška, Croatia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Osijek
Number 31
Youth career
–2008 Sloga Nova Gradiška
2008–2013 Osijek
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013– Osijek 152 (0)
2014Cibalia (loan) 9 (0)
2015Segesta (loan) 14 (0)
2020Lech Poznań (loan) 0 (0)
2020Lech Poznań II (loan) 3 (0)
2021Diósgyőri (loan) 14 (0)
2016 Osijek II 3 (0)
International career
2011 Croatia U17 3 (0)
2012 Croatia U18 4 (0)
2011–2013 Croatia U19 13 (0)
2015 Croatia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024

Marko Malenica (born 8 February 1994) is a Croatian professional football goalkeeper playing for NK Osijek.

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Club career

A product of the NK Osijek youth system, he has presented the Croatian youth national teams. He has been loaned out to many clubs, including NK Cibalia and HNK Segesta in Croatia, to Lech Poznań and their reserves in Poland and Diósgyőri VTK in Hungary. [1] [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 12 June 2024
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Osijek 2012–13 Prva HNL 1010
2013–14 8030110
2015–16 900090
2016–17 10040140
2017–18 3100080390
2018–19 3602040420
2019–20 00100010
2021–22 1002000120
2022–23 1903000220
2023–24 2802040340
Total15201701601850
Cibalia (loan) 2014–15 Druga HNL 801090
Segesta (loan) 2014–15 140140
Osijek II 2016–17 Treća HNL Istok 3030
Lech Poznań (loan) 2020–21 Ekstraklasa 00100010
Diósgyőri (loan) 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 14020160
Career total1910210160002250

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References

  1. "Marko Malenica w Diósgyőri VTK".
  2. "Marko Malenica".