Jake Marketo (born 17 February 1989) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays for the

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in the

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. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the

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. Marketo also had a short stint playing

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for the

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in the SuperLiga CEC Bank in Romania. He primarily plays as a or but can also play at

Early life

Born in

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, Australia, Marketo is the son of former

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player

Michael Marketo Michael Marketo is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played for Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Background Marketo was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is ...

. He played his junior rugby league for Holy Cross Rhinos.

Playing career

Rugby league

Marketo made his NRL debut for the Dragons in round 11 of the

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, coming off the bench in a 22–14 loss at home to the

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. Marketo just played one NRL game for the Dragons in 2017 and was axed from the Dragons squad at the end of the year.

Rugby Union

Marketo signed with Romanian rugby union club

in November 2017. He played as a

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Return To Rugby League

After a few weeks training for the

, Marketo decided to return to Australia. He signed with the

for the 2018 season.

References

External links

St. George Illawarra Dragons profileTownsville Blackhawks profile
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