Marko Jesic
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marko Danny Jesic | ||
Date of birth | 7 August 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Marconi Stallions | ||
Youth career | |||
Marconi Stallions | |||
2005–2006 | NSWIS | ||
2006–2007 | AIS | ||
2008 | Newcastle Jets | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | Newcastle Jets | 52 | (10) |
2013–2014 | Sun Pegasus | 8 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Rockdale City Suns | 30 | (13) |
2015– | Marconi Stallions | 127 | (70) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Australia U-17 | 5 | (2) |
2007–2009 | Australia U-20 | 11 | (5) |
2010–2011 | Australia U-23 | 9 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 23 June 2011 (UTC) |
Marko Jesic (born 7 August 1989 in Fairfield, New South Wales) is an Australian football player of Serbian descent who plays for Marconi Stallions FC.
Club career[]
Jesic grew up on the streets of Bossley Park in Sydney's south west and was promoted to the Newcastle Jets A-League squad after playing in the youth league. Jesic is a graduate from the Australian Institute of Sport.
Newcastle United Jets[]
Marko started his football career at AIS. Upon his graduation from the Australian Institute of Sport he moved to Newcastle United Jets in 2008. On 6 October 2008 he made his A-League debut for Newcastle United Jets as a substitute against Wellington Phoenix. In his second game Marko scored his first goal for the Jets on his starting debut in Newcastle's 1–0 win over Melbourne Victory on 18 October 2008 in the 86th minute.[1][2]
In 2009 Marko competed in the AFC Champions League with the Newcastle United Jets. On 7 April 2009 Newcastle Jets played against Nagoya Grampus and he was the man of the match.
Sun Pegasus[]
On 30 December 2013 it was announced that Marko had signed with Hong Kong club Sun Pegasus.[3]
Return to Rockdale[]
On his return to Rockdale, he scored a brace in the opening game of the 2015 NPL NSW season against APIA Leichhardt in their 4–2 loss.[4]
Marconi Stallions[]
In October 2015, Marconi Stallions announced that they had signed Jesic, along with other high-profile names, for their 2016 NPL2 campaign.[5]
Honours[]
With Australia:
- International Cor Groenewegen Tournament (U-20): 2009
- AFF U19 Youth Championship: 2008
- Weifang Cup (U-18): 2007
Honours[]
Sun Pegasus
- Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield Runners-up: 2013–14
References[]
- ^ Jets turn to Jesic after search fails
- ^ Youngster Jesic Add To Jets
- ^ Pegasus signed an Australian player
- ^ Lopez, Matthew (16 March 2015). "Tigers dominate Suns". NPL NSW. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Newcastle Jets profile
- FFA – Young Socceroos profile
- http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/189296,jeffers-a-dream-come-true-jesic.aspx
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Canberra
- Australian people of Serbian descent
- A-League Men players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Marconi Stallions FC players
- Australian Institute of Sport soccer players
- New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Association football forwards
- Australian soccer players
- Australian soccer forward stubs