Marko Simić ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Симић, ; born 16 June 1987) is a professional

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defender playing for

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. Born in Serbia, he represents the Montenegro national football team. Born in Obrenovac, SR Serbia,

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(now

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), Marko Simić initially played in the youth categories of

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

. Simić was a part of one of the best generations of

BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

which made the group stages of the

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and

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. He made his debut for the Montenegro national team in 2013.

Club career

Spartak Varna

In January 2007 Simić joined

Bulgarian A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

side Spartak Varna. He made his team début on 3 February in a 3–1 friendly win over Svetkavitsa, but he never played in competitive match for Spartak. One months later Simić joined North-East V AFG club Chernomorets Byala on loan and earned 6 appearances to the end of the season.

Journeyman years

In summer of 2007 he signed with

Serbian League West Serbian League West ( sr, Српска лига Запад, Srpska liga Zapad) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East and Serbian League Voj ...

side FK Radnički Kragujevac. After a loan spell with OFK Mladenovac during the second half of the season, he moved to Hungary to play with Budapest Honvéd FC in the Hungarian Championship. In summer 2009 he was back to Serbia to play with

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(second tier) club

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. The following summer he moved to FK Jagodina playing in the Serbian SuperLiga where he made 12 league appearances scoring one goal during the first half of the

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season.

BATE Borisov

During the winter break he moved to FC BATE Borisov in the

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...

. He has established himself as a starter for the team. Simić featured in BATE's lineups in the UEFA Champions League in

and

, featuring against

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, and

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Kayserispor

In the winter 2013 transfer window, Simić moved to Kayserispor, whose coach at the time,

Robert Prosinečki Robert Prosinečki (; born 12 January 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Early in his career, he was part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won three Yugoslav First League titles and ...

, was instrumental in bringing Simić to the club.

Rostov

On 14 March 2017, he signed a short-term deal with the Russian Premier League side FC Rostov until the end of the 2016–17 season after Rostov's first-choice defender

Vladimir Granat Vladimir Vasilyevich Granat ( rus, Владимир Васильевич Гранат, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ɡrɐˈnat; born 22 May 1987) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career Clu ...

suffered a season-ending injury.

International career

On 29 September 2011, he received his first ever call for the Serbian national team for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Italy and Slovenia on 7 and 11 October, but did not debut. Later, he received a call for the Montenegro national football team and debuted in a friendly match played against Belarus on 14 August 2013. As of 15 October 2020, he has earned a total of 43 caps, scoring 1 goal.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.''

References

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