Marko Marić

Club

Zrinjski Mostar

Position

Goalkeeper

Nationality

Austria

Date of birth

1996-01-03

Birthplace

Wien, Austria

Height

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

194 lbs

Shirt number

35

Signing / transfer fee

Free

Marko Marić (Croatian pronunciation: ; born 3 January 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo.

Club career
Rapid Wien
Marić began his career in for Post SV Wien in 2002. In 2004, at the age of eight, he joined the Rapid Wien youth ranks. Marić was promoted to Rapid Wien II for the 2011–12 season. He made his professional debut on 4 May 2012, getting the start for Rapid Wien II in a 4–0 win over SV Mattersburg II in Regionalliga Ost match He made the match day squad 12 other times that season. The 2012–13 season saw Marić make 9 appearances for Rapid Wien II. He also made the match day squad for the Rapid Wien first team 3 times during the season, but did not appear in a match.

On 11 May, 2014 Marić made his first team debut in a 5–2 win over SV Ried in the final Austrian Bundesliga match of the season. He also made 7 appearances with Rapid Wien II during the season.

He made his first appearance of the 2014–15 season on 14 February 2015, a 3–0 win over SV Ried. Marić served primarily as the second choice goalkeeper for the season, making 7 league appearances and one in the Austrian Cup while making the bench for 21 other times. He also made 9 appearances for the second team during the season.

On 19 June 2015, it was announced that Marić would be leaving Rapid Wien after he was unwilling to sign a contract extension.

Lechia Gdańsk
Marić signed with German Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 30 June 2015. He was immediately loaned to Polish Ekstraklasa club Lechia Gdańsk for the 2015–16 season. On 17 July 2015 he made his debut for Lechia in a 1–0 defeat to KS Cracovia in the opening match of the Ekstraklasa season. He started the first 23 league games of the year for Lechia before losing the starting job to Vanja Milinković-Savić. Marić made 24 league appearances and one appearance in the Polish Cup for Lechia, keeping 7 clean sheets.

Hannover 96
On 31 January 2017 Marić was sent on loan to Hannover 96, who were playing in the 2. Bundesliga. However, he would not make any appearances with the Hannover first team, rather spending time with Hannover 96 II in the Regionalliga Nord. Marić made his first appearance for Hannover 96 II on 11 February in a 2–1 loss to SV Eichede. He would make 13 appearances with Hannover 96 II during the loan.

Lillestrøm SK
On 1 August 2017, he went on loan to Norwegian Eliteserien club Lillestrøm SK until the end of the 2017 seas