Marko Kraljević (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 November 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Düsseldorf, West Germany | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990 | NK Osijek | ||
1991–1994 | Kelantan FA | ||
1995 | HK Rangers | ||
1996–1998 | Balestier Central | ||
1999–2000 | Tampines Rovers | ||
2001 | Jurong FC | ||
Teams managed | |||
2008–2011 | Balestier Khalsa U-22 | ||
2012–2013 | Woodlands Wellington U-22 | ||
2014–2019 | Balestier Khalsa | ||
2019 | Kelantan FA | ||
2019–2021 | Balestier Khalsa | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Marko Kraljević (born 1 November 1965) is a former German-Croat footballer and current coach.
Club career[]
Marko Kraljević played in the Malaysian Premier League for Kelantan.[1] and Hong Kong Rangers in 1995. He won the Hong Kong Senior Shield and Hong Kong FA Cup in the successful season of 1994-95.[2] Next, he travelled to Singapore to play in the S.League during its early years for Balestier Central,[3][4] and later with Tampines Rovers and Jurong FC as a striker.[5]
Coaching career[]
After he retired, Marko started off his coaching career with the Balestier Khalsa Centre of Excellence under-16 team, working his way up to become the head coach of the Prime League team for the Tigers. He then moved to become the Prime League coach of Woodlands Wellington in 2012. Marko returned to Balestier as head coach for their 2014 S.League season.[6] He quickly transformed the team into one of the toughest in the League, winning the club's first ever Singapore Cup and awarded the S.League Coach of the Year at the end of that season. Led Balestier Khalsa in the AFC Cup in 2015, along the way, they won 2013 AFC Cup semi finalist, East Bengal 2–1. With limited resource in 2016, Marko still able produce some positive results, beating Dhivehi Premier League champions, New Radiant 3–0 and held them 2–2 away from home before winning Hong Kong Premier League winners 1–0 at Jalan Besar Stadium as the underdog. End the season with a fourth place in the Singapore Cup.
After five years with Balestier Khalsa, where he becomes the longest serving head coach of the Tigers, Kraljevic was appointed as new head coach of Kelantan FA in January 2019, returning to the team he has played for in the 1990s.[7][8] However, his contract was terminated on April the same year, with Kelantan occupying the relegation spot in 2019 Malaysia Premier League.[9]
Honours[]
Player[]
Hong Kong Rangers
- Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1994-95
- Hong Kong FA Cup: 1994-95
Manager[]
Balestier Khalsa
- Singapore Cup: 2014
- League Cup: 2015 (Runner-up)
- League Cup Plate Tournament: 2014 (Runner-up)
- Community Shield: 2015 (Runner-up)
Individual[]
- S.League Coach of the Year: 2014
Personal life[]
Marko is also the successful joint-owner of the futsal facilities found around Singapore together with V. Sundramoorthy.[10]
He is married to a Singaporean wife and has two children.
References[]
- ^ "Kraljevic back and raring for action". New Straits Times.
- ^ "Kraljevic off to Singapore".
- ^ "History and Tradition of Balestier Khalsa Football Club". Balestier Khalsa Football Club.
- ^ "The ante has been upped". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Game over, go home?". AsiaOne. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ "Balestier appoint former player Kraljevic as new coach | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Kraljevic to take over as Kelantan coach". 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Kraljevic kembali selepas 25 tahun berkelana". 28 January 2019.
- ^ "FIFA shows how it's done, slaps Kelantan FA with three-point deduction | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "Futsal fever hits Singapore". AsiaOne. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
External links[]
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Croatian footballers
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Croatian football managers
- Balestier Khalsa FC head coaches
- German people of Croatian descent
- Expatriate footballers in Singapore
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
- NK Osijek players
- Kelantan FA players
- Balestier Khalsa FC players
- Tampines Rovers FC players
- Jurong FC players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Singapore Premier League players
- Singapore Premier League head coaches
- Association football midfielders