Marko Šakić

Marko Šakić
Date of birth	April 13, 1994
place of birth	Zagreb , Croatia
size	181 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	center
number	#8th
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2013	Klagenfurt AC
2013-2015	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2015	EHC Zweibrücken
2015-2016	HK Slavija Ljubljana
2016-2017	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2017	EC Lauterbach
since 2017	Löwen Frankfurt II

Marko Šakić (born April 13, 1994 in Zagreb ) is a Croatian ice hockey player who has been playing for the second team of the Löwen Frankfurt in the fifth class Hessenliga since the end of 2017 .

Career

Marko Šakić began his career as an ice hockey player in the Austrian U-20 league at Klagenfurt AC . 2013 he moved to his native Zagreb to KHL Medveščak Zagreb . There he was mainly used in the Croatian Ice Hockey League , but also played in the Continental Hockey League . In 2015 he temporarily moved to Germany to the EHC Zweibrücken , for which he only played once in the Regionalliga Südwest . In December 2015, he moved to HK Slavija Ljubljana , for whom he played in both the Inter-National League and the Slovenian ice hockey league . In 2016 he went back to Medveščak and played there in the Slovenian and Croatian leagues. In 2017 he moved to Germany again, where he first played for EC Lauterbach in the Regionalliga West and then from the end of 2017 for the second team of the Löwen Frankfurt in the Hessenliga.

International

For Croatia , Šakić took part in the division II tournaments of the U18 World Championships in 2010 and 2012 when he was captain of his team, as well as the Division I tournaments of the U20 World Championships in 2011 , 2012 and 2013 and Division II of the U20s World Cup 2014 .

In the men's field, he was in his country's squad at the Division II tournament of the 2013 World Cup when he and his team were promoted to Division I. There he played at the World Championships in 2014 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 . He also represented his colors in the Olympic qualification for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2013 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the World Cup Division II, Group A
• 2019 Top scorer of the World Cup in Division II, Group A (together with Sam Verelst and Josef Rezek )

Web links

• Marko Šakić at eliteprospects.com (English)