Novi Marojević

Novica Marojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Маројевић, born 11 April 1973) is a Montenegrin footballer who played for various clubs in his native country Yugoslavia and in the United States.

Novi Marojević
Personal information
Full name Novica Marojević
Date of birth (1973-04-11) 11 April 1973
Place of birth Nikšić, Montenegro,
Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Indiana Elite FC (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sutjeska
Radnički Niš
Partizan Belgrade 0 (0)
Voždovac
Čelik Nikšić
1996-1999 Kansas City Attack (indoor)
1997 Rochester Raging Rhinos
1998 Mississippi Beach Kings (indoor)
2004–2006 Chicago Storm (indoor)
2006–2007 Detroit Ignition (indoor) (12)
2007-2008 Rockford Rampage (indoor)
2010-2011 Chicago Riot (indoor)
2015– FK Republika Srpska (indoor)
Teams managed
2010-2011 Chicago Riot (indoor, player/asst manager)
2012-2013 Chicago Soul (indoor)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 January 2007

Playing career

Club

While in the U.S Novi played for the Rochester Raging Rhinos, Kansas City Attack, Chicago Storm, Chicago Riot and Detroit Ignition,[1] in the United States.

Managerial career

Novi took over as coach for Chicago Soul in December 2012[2] and currently coaches one of the youth soccer teams in the Midwest, Indiana Elite in Crown Point, Indiana.[3] In 2017 Novi started construction on a 1.5 million dollar soccer complex project in Portage[4] In 2021 Indiana Elite was one of the 3 teams that joined the ECNL league for the 2021-2022 season.[5] From 2004 2006, Novi coached Christian Pulisic.

Personal life

Born in Nikšić, Novi came to the United States in 1996. He is married to Jadranka Marojević and they have a son called Marko.[1]

References
  1. Ignition Captain Novi Marojevic Announces Retirement - Our Sports Central
  2. Chicago indoor soccer club replaces coach - Daily Herald
  3. Correspondent, Sam Beishuizen Times. "Indiana Elite FC among Midwest's top soccer clubs". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. joyce.russell@nwi.com, 219-548-4352, Joyce Russell. "Indiana Elite begins work on $1.5M Portage soccer complex". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. "ECNL Boys announces three additions to Midwest Conference". SoccerWire. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
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