Marko Livaja

Marko Livaja
Personnel
birthday	August 26, 1993
place of birth	Split ,  Croatia
size	182 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
0000-2008	Omladinac Vranjic
2008-2010	Dinamo Zagreb
2010	HNK Hajduk Split
2010–2012	Inter Milan
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2010	HNK Hajduk Split	0 (0)
2010-2013	Inter Milan	6 (0)
2010-2011	→  FC Lugano  (loan)	0 (0)
2011–2012	→ AC Cesena (co-owner)	3 (0)
2013-2014	Atalanta Bergamo	31 (4)
2014-2016	Rubin Kazan	11 (0)
2015-2016	→  FC Empoli  (loan)	18 (1)
2016-2018	UD Las Palmas	25 (5)
2017-2018	→  AEK Athens  (loan)	27 (8)
2018–	AEK Athens	2 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2008	Croatia U-15	4 (4)
2008-2010	Croatia U-17	20 (7)
2009	Croatia U-16	7 (6)
2010	Croatia U18	4 (1)
2011-2013	Croatia U-19	7 (2)
2012-2013	Croatia U-20	7 (1)
2013-2014	Croatia U-21	5 (3)
2018–	Croatia	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of September 7, 2018 2 As of September 7, 2018

Marko Livaja (born August 26, 1993 in Split ) is a Croatian football player .

Club career

Livaja began his career in youth teams in various Croatian clubs. From Hajduk Split , a club in which Livaja was also in the professional squad, he moved abroad to Inter Milan , but was then loaned to the Swiss second division club FC Lugano .

Then Livaja moved to the Italian club AC Cesena , who held part of his transfer rights. There he made his Serie A debut as a substitute on October 16, 2011 against Fiorentina . He returned to Inter Milan in January 2012. At the Milanese he was first used in the Primavera, but also belonged to the professional squad of Inter in some games in the second half of the 2011/12 season (initially without use).

He made his competitive debut for Inter on August 2, 2012, when he was substituted on in the first leg of the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round against his former club Hajduk Split. On September 20, 2012 he scored his first competitive goal for the Milanese against Rubin Kazan in a game in the Europa League group stage.

On January 31, 2013 it was announced that Atalanta Bergamo acquired part of the transfer rights to the young striker and that Livaja will appear for Atalanta in the second half of the 2012/13 season . At Atalanta, the striker scored his first two Serie A goals against AS Roma on February 24, 2013 , but also drew negative attention: In April 2013, he was temporarily suspended after a dispute with coach Stefano Colantuono . A few weeks later, in May 2013, Livaja was suspended again after beating his teammate Ivan Radovanović during a training session. Nevertheless, he stayed with Atalanta for the 2013/14 season, but moved to Rubin Kazan in the Russian Premier League for the 2014/15 season .

His brother Mirko , who is two years younger than him, is also a professional footballer.

National team

So far Livaja has played for various youth teams in Croatia and was able to score a total of 20 goals for them (as of May 30, 2012). Livaja participated in the qualifications for the U-17 European Championship 2009 , for the U-17 European Championship 2010 and for the U-19 European Championship 2012 .

With Croatia's U-20 selection , Livaja took part in the U-20 World Cup in 2013 and ran up there with Ante Rebić by storm. But he could not prevent his team from getting out of the round of 16.

In September 2018, he made his debut in a friendly against Portugal in the Croatian national team .

Web links

• Marko Livaja in the database of weltfussball.de
• Marko Livaja in the database of the Italian League Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sport.ch: Livaja another year in Lugano?
2. ↑ Inter.it: Transfer market: Longo owned by Inter outright
3. ↑ Inter.it: Inter Channel, Livaja: "Here I am, available"
4. ↑ Inter.it: Transfer ins and outs
5. ↑ Atalanta.it: Test in famiglia. Primo alleamento a Zingonia per Contini e Livaja ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Football Italia: Radovanovic: 'Livaja punched me'
7. ↑ FIFA.com: Livaja and Rebic: A storm duo with a future