Marko Maksimović

Marko Maksimović
Maksimović with Borac Banja Luka in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-01-15) 15 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Džaja Football School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Borac Banja Luka 39 (6)
2005 NK Zagreb 2 (0)
2005–2007 Istra 1961 48 (1)
2007–2008 Sarajevo 31 (2)
2008 Leotar 4 (1)
2009–2012 Borac Banja Luka 33 (6)
Total 157 (16)
International career
Bosnia and Herzegovina U21
Managerial career
2015–2017 BSK Banja Luka
2018 Borac Banja Luka (caretaker)
2020–2021 Borac Banja Luka
2022–2023 Leotar
2024 Sloboda Tuzla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marko Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Максимовић; born 20 August 1984) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Maksimović played youth football in the Džaja football school in his hometown of Banja Luka. His professional career started at another Banja Luka club - FK Borac. He is considered to have been a very creative and hard-working midfielder which secured him a place in the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team.

He played for NK Zagreb and Istra 1961 in the Croatian Prva HNL.[1]

Maksimović signed with Sarajevo in July 2007. He scored his first goal for the team against Marsaxlokk in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers on 18 July 2007. Afterwards, he played six months with Leotar before returning to Borac in January 2009, and retiring there three years later in 2012.

International career

Maksimović was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team.

Managerial career

Maksimović started off his managerial career at BSK Banja Luka in 2015, staying there until 2017. He was then caretaker manager of Borac Banja Luka for one game in March 2018.[2]

On 26 December 2020, Maksimović came back to Borac, this time as a permanent manager, replacing Vlado Jagodić.[3] In his first game as manager, Borac beat Olimpik in a league match on 27 February 2021.[4] Maksimović oversaw his first loss as manager in a league game against Velež Mostar, played on 5 March 2021.[5] In the end however, he managed to guide Borac to a Bosnian Premier League title one game before the end of the 2020–21 season, their first after 10 years.[6] Maksimović also almost guided the club to a 2020–21 Bosnian Cup victory, but lost to Sarajevo in the final.[7] He resigned as Borac's manager on 28 July 2021 after a poor start to the 2021–22 season.[8]

On 16 September 2022, Maksimović was appointed the new manager of Leotar.[9] His first match saw Leotar draw against Sloboda Tuzla on 18 September.[10] On 8 October 2022, he recorded his first win as the club's manager, beating Sloga Doboj 4–1 in a league game.[11] Leotar finished in 11th place in the Bosnian Premier League and were relegated to the First League of RS.[12] On 10 July 2023, Maksimović left the club by mutual consent.[13]

On 26 July 2024, Sloboda Tuzla announced Maksimović as the club's new manager.[14] In his first game in charge, Sloboda lost to Sarajevo 3–1 away on 4 August 2024.[15] With Sloboda sitting in the relegation zone with two points from their previous eight games, Maksimović was sacked as manager on 28 September 2024.[16]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 24 September 2024[17]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Borac Banja Luka (caretaker) 13 March 2018 22 March 2018 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Borac Banja Luka 26 December 2020 28 July 2021 23 15 4 4 35 18 +17 065.22
Leotar 16 September 2022 10 July 2023 25 8 6 11 27 28 −1 032.00
Sloboda Tuzla 26 July 2024 28 September 2024 8 0 2 6 3 13 −10 000.00
Total 57 23 12 22 65 61 +4 040.35

Honours

Player

Borac Banja Luka

Manager

Borac Banja Luka

References

  1. ^ "Statistika - Marko Maksimović". 1HNL.net. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  2. ^ A. Pašić (13 March 2018). "Čelnici Borca ukazali povjerenje Maksimoviću" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ H.H. (26 December 2020). "Borac imenovao novog trenera, Maksimović naslijedio Jagodića na klupi Banjalučana" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ N.K. (27 February 2021). "Borac u finišu utakmice slomio otpor Olimpika i upisao važnu pobjedu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  5. ^ H.H. (5 March 2021). "Velež savladao slabi Borac i stigao na diobu drugog mjesta na tabeli" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ N.K. (23 May 2021). "Borac nakon 10 godina postao prvak Bosne i Hercegovine u nogometu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ^ N.K. (26 May 2021). "Sarajevo nakon penala savladalo Borac i osvojilo Kup BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. ^ H.H. (28 July 2021). "Maksimović više nije trener Borca, napustio bh. prvaka pred revanš s Linfieldom" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  9. ^ "ZVANIČNO: Marko Maksimović novi trener Leotara" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  10. ^ K.H. (18 September 2022). "Leotar je s novim trenerom prekinuo seriju poraza, ali ostaje zakucan za dno tabele" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  11. ^ E. Škorić (8 October 2022). "Leotar je danas jednostavno "morao" da pobijedi i pobijedio je" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  12. ^ S.G. (28 May 2023). "Leotar "ispao" iz Premijer lige BiH, Sarajevo iznenađujuće poraženo od Igmana" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  13. ^ S. Mlaćo (11 July 2023). "Leotar počeo sa pripremama, poznata sudbina Maksimovića" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  14. ^ E.K. (26 July 2024). "Marko Maksimović novi trener FK Sloboda, potpisao jednogodišnji ugovor" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  15. ^ Edmir Škorić (4 August 2024). "VAR-u "pune ruke posla", tri penala i zaslužena pobjeda Sarajeva nad Slobodom" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  16. ^ T.Š. (28 September 2024). "Azmir Husić odmah krenuo sa radikalnim promjenama: Otkaz Maksimoviću pred samu utakmicu?" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Marko Maksimović". Sofascore. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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