Marko Maksimović

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

Marko Maksimović
Maksimović as manager of Borac Banja Luka in 2021
Personal information
Full name Marko Maksimović
Date of birth (1984-01-15) 15 January 1984
Place of birth Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Džaja Football School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2004 Borac Banja Luka
2004–2005 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)
National team
Bosnia and Herzegovina U21
Teams managed
2015–2017 BSK Banja Luka
2018 Borac Banja Luka (caretaker)
2020–2021 Borac Banja Luka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 6 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]

Managerial statistics
As of 25 July 2021[9]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Borac Banja Luka (caretaker) 12 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
Total 24 15 4 5 35 20 +15 062.50

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. "Marko Maksimović". Sofascore (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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