Ana Maria Marković
![]() Marković in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 November 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Split, Croatia | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | SC Braga | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | FC Zürich | 0 | (0) |
2017–2019 | → FC Zürich U21 | 27 | (7) |
2020–2024 | Grasshoppers | 57 | (4) |
2024– | SC Braga | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Croatia | 16 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 |
Ana Maria Marković (born 9 November 1999) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club S.C. Braga and the Croatia national team.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Marković is of Croatian descent from her mother's side, who comes from Split.[3] Marković was born in Split, and moved with her family to Switzerland aged 12, growing up in Zürich.[3]
Her younger sister Kristina Marković plays for FC Rapperswil-Jona women in the Swiss Women's Super League and the Croatia national team.[4]
Club career
[edit]Aged 14, Marković began playing football in Switzerland; she stated that she began playing after feeling motivated from the growth of women's football.[3] While in Switzerland she featured for U21 squad at FC Zurich for three seasons before making the move to Grasshoppers.[5]
In the game against her former club FC Zürich on March 4, 2023, Marković suffered a torn ACL and torn meniscus.[6]
On 9 August 2024, she signed for Portuguese club S.C. Braga.[7]
International career
[edit]Having caught the eye of the Croatian Football Federation while playing for Grasshopper in Switzerland, Marković was called up to play for the Croatia national team.[3]
She scored her first international goal in the 2023 World Cup qualifier against Moldova.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]Club | Season | League | Play-offs | Cup[a] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Zürich Frauen U21 | 2017–18 | Nationalliga B | 4 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||||
2019–20 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||||
Total | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | ||
Grasshopper | 2020–21 | Swiss WSL | 25 | 2 | — | 5 | 6 | 30 | 8 | |
2021–22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 7 | ||
2022–23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 57 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 76 | 17 | ||
Braga | 2024–25 | Campeonato Nacional Feminino | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 84 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 103 | 24 |
- ^ Includes the Swiss Women's Cup
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 30 November 2021 | Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula, Croatia | ![]() |
1–0 |
4–0 |
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 4 June 2024 | Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek, Karlovac, Croatia | ![]() |
2–0 |
2–0 |
UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jedna od najljepših nogometašica svijeta igrat će za Hrvatsku, Ana ljepotom obara s nogu". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Gotal, Višnja (5 December 2021). "Moj put od gimnastike i modelinga do - gola u reprezentaciji". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Interview with Ana Maria Marković – Croatian diaspora football talent". Croatia Week. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Najljepša nogometašica svijeta na terenu protiv sestre: Mlada Hrvatica zabila gol u porazu" (in Croatian). 24sata.hr. 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Meet the world's 'most beautiful footballer' who models too - but don't brand her sexy". sportsmanor. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Ana Maria Marković: Comeback der Kickfluencerin" (in German). Red Bull. 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Ana Maria Marković reforça as Gverreiras" [Ana Maria Markovic reinforces the Gverreiras] (in Portuguese). S.C. Braga. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Gregory, James (1 December 2021). "2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifying – UEFA: Matchday Six Roundup". Sport Grill. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Ana Maria Marković". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "schweizer-cup-frauen". football.ch. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Schweizer-Cup - Schweizer Cup (Frauen) - Final - 30.04.2022 17:00 - Letzigrund, Zürich - Stadion". football.ch/sfv. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Ana Maria Marković at Soccerway
- Ana Maria Marković at Global Sports Archive
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Split, Croatia
- Croatian women's footballers
- Croatian emigrants to Switzerland
- Women's association football forwards
- Grasshopper Club Zurich (women) players
- Swiss Women's Super League players
- Croatia women's international footballers
- Swiss women's footballers
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland
- Croatian women's football biography stubs