Leo Marić
Leo Marić | ||
Marić (left) in a header duel (1998)
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Personnel | ||
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birthday | April 2nd 1974 | |
place of birth | Mostar , SFR Yugoslavia | |
size | 190 cm | |
position | Center Forward | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
1984-1990 | FK Velež Mostar | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1990-1991 | FK Velež Mostar | 23 (6) |
1991-1992 | Red and white food | 0 (0) |
1992-1993 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 0 (0) |
1993 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | |
1994 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 0 (0) |
1994-1996 | KRC Genk | 48 (2) |
1996-1998 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 62 (23) |
1998 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 11 (1) |
1999-2000 | BFC Dynamo | 31 (7) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1989-1991 | U-16, U-18 Yugoslavia | 12 (4) |
Stations as a trainer | ||
Years | station | |
2001-2003 | FC Dallas (Youth) | |
2003-2010 | Dallas Solar | |
2010-2011 | Andromeda SC | |
2012– | Dallas Texans SC | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Leo Marić (born April 2, 1974 in Mostar ) is a Yugoslav football player . The native Bosnian, son of the national goalkeeper Enver Marić , played in the 1990s in the German national and regional league as a center forward. 2001 Marić became a football youth coach in the USA .
career
Leo Marić is a classic street footballer; the native Mostar offered ideal conditions for this. His father Enver introduced him to club football in 1984. Leo played as a goalkeeper for half a year, then only as a center forward. He scored 82 goals in 161 youth games, making him the most successful striker of his year in Yugoslavia. From 1989 to 1991 he played in the U-16 and U-18 national teams of Yugoslavia.
In 1990 Leo Marić received his first professional contract with FK Velež Mostar through a special permit from the football association , making him the youngest professional footballer in his country at the age of 16. The Yugoslav war brought his Yugoslav football career to a standstill. He fled to Germany through a family friend.
From 1991 to 1992 he was part of the Rot-Weiss Essen squad . Further stations were Fortuna Düsseldorf , KRC Genk ( Belgium ), Eintracht Braunschweig , Union & Dynamo Berlin . A series of injuries forced Marić to give up his career as a forward at the age of 26. He moved to the USA through family contacts and became a trainer at Dallas Texans SC. He has been an American citizen since 2007.
Leo Marić is married and has a daughter and a son.
Web links
- Leo Marić in the database of weltfussball.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Marić, Leo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2nd 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mostar |