Marin Šverko

Marin Šverko
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Pforzheim, Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Venezia
Number 33
Youth career
0000–2010 FC Kieselbronn
2010–2016 Karlsruher SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Karlsruher SC II 6 (0)
2016–2017 Karlsruher SC 2 (0)
2017–2020 Mainz 05 II 39 (1)
2017–2020 Mainz 05 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Karlsruher SC (loan) 2 (0)
2020 → Sonnenhof Großaspach (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 1. FC Saarbrücken 24 (1)
2021–2023 Groningen 29 (0)
2023 → Venezia (loan) 4 (0)
2023– Venezia 33 (0)
International career‡
2015 Croatia U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Croatia U18 5 (0)
2016–2017 Croatia U19 7 (0)
2018 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2019–2021 Croatia U21 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2021

Marin Šverko (born 4 February 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Venezia.[1]

Club career

Šverko went through the youth ranks of Karlsruher SC. On 27 November 2016, the 14th matchday of the 2016–17 season, he made his debut on the first team of Karlsruher SC in a 0–0 game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[2]

In January 2017, Šverko moved to 1. FSV Mainz 05 on a deal until 2021.[3] On 25 February 2017, he made his debut for Mainz' reserve team in the 3. Liga in a 3–1 win against Preußen Münster.[4] After four more games for Mainz II, Šverko and the team was relegated to the Regionalliga.

For the 2018–19 season, Šverko returned to Karlsruher SC on loan.[5] At the beginning of the season he was injured and therefore lost the competition for the position of the left back against Damian Roßbach. Therefore, he made only two league appearances since his return.[6] His loan was not extended, so he returned to Mainz and played another 15 games in the first half of the 2019–20 Regionalliga season. On 21 January 2020, he was loaned out to 3. Liga team SG Sonnenhof Großaspach until the end of the season.[7]

In August 2020, he moved to 3. Liga club 1. FC Saarbrücken on a deal until June 2022.[8]

On 31 January 2023, Šverko joined Venezia in Italian Serie B on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[9] On 7 July 2023, Venezia made the transfer permanent and signed a three-year contract with Šverko.[10]

References

  1. ^ Marin Šverko at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Kein Sieger im Südwest-Derby, kicker.de, 27 November 2016
  3. ^ FSV Mainz 05 holt KSC-Talent Marin Sverko aus Kieselbronn, pz-news.de, 2 January 2017
  4. ^ Schlusslicht Mainz jubelt am Karneval, kicker.de, 25 February 2017
  5. ^ AUSLEIHE: MARIN SVERKO KEHRT IN DEN WILDPARK ZURÜCK, ksc.de, 4 June 2018
  6. ^ Doppelter Pourié lässt KSC weiter träumen, kicker.de, 4 May 2019
  7. ^ SVERKO AUF LEIHBASIS IN DIE DRITTE LIGA, mainz05.de, 21 January 2020
  8. ^ MARIN ŠVERKO WECHSELT ZUM 1. FC SAARBRÜCKEN, fc-saarbruecken.de, 14 August 2020
  9. ^ "MARIN ŠVERKO JOINS VENEZIA FC". Venezia F.C. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  10. ^ "MARIN ŠVERKO JOINS VENEZIA FC". Venezia FC. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.