Stefan Marinovic

Stefan Marinović
Personal information
Full name Stefan Tone Marinović[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-07) 7 October 1991
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2009 Waitakere United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 SV Wehen Wiesbaden II 36 (0)
2009–2012 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 2 (0)
2013 FC Ismaning 1 (0)
2013–2014 1860 Munich II 1 (0)
2014–2017 SpVgg Unterhaching 70 (0)
2017– Vancouver Whitecaps FC 28 (0)
National team‡
2011 New Zealand U-20 2 (0)
2015– New Zealand 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 October 2017

Stefan Tone Marinovic (Croatian: Stefan Tone Marinović, pronounced [stêfaːn tǒːne marǐːnoʋitɕ]) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

Club career

Marinovic attended Auckland private school, Kings College. In 2005, he won the Under 15 New Zealand National Championships. In 2008, Marinovic was selected for the New Zealand under-19 schoolboys national team for its tour of Austria. He received trials from clubs such as Everton FC, FC Zürich and FC Schalke 04, but they all failed. So he joined Waitakere United, he reached the final of the national championships again, but this time lost 6-0 to Canterbury United.

In the mid-2009 he was a graduate of the Wynton Rufer Soccer School of Excellence, created for young footballers to have the chance of a trial at Hamburger SV or SV Werder Bremen. There he was spotted by SV Wehen Wiesbaden and he signed a professional contract with them. He was the 3rd choice goalkeeper in the 2010/11 season, and played with the U23 team.

He made his professional debut for Wiesbaden on 27 April 2010 in an away game to league leaders Erzgebirge Aue when Marc Birkenbach was injured after 30 minutes. The game finished 2-2.[2] When Michael Gurski was signed, he again became the 3rd choice keeper, only being used for the U23 team.

In 2013, Marinovic left Wiesbaden and joined FC Ismaning and then 1860 Munich Reserves, making one appearance at each club. In 2014, Marinovic signed with German 3rd division club SpVgg Unterhaching.

On 21 July 2017, Marinovic signed with Canadian MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC.[3]

International career

In 2011 Marinovic travelled with the New Zealand under-20 side to the World Cup in Colombia where he made two appearances.[4]

On 8 March 2015, Marinovic was called into the New Zealand national football team to play a friendly against South Korea by coach Anthony Hudson.[5] He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, playing the full 90 minutes, and has become the regular no.1 stopper ahead of Glen Moss. He conceded a penalty kick, but saved it, conceding the only goal of the game by Lee Jae-sung in the 86th minute[6]

On 11 June 2016, Stefan Marinovic saved two penalties in a 4–2 shootout win against Papua New Guinea in the OFC Nations Cup final after a 0–0 draw after extra time.

Honours

International

New Zealand

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). p. 18. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wiesbadener Kurier - SVWW beendet die Heimsieg-Serie von Spitzenreiter Erzgebirge Aue". Wiesbadener-kurier.de. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Whitecaps FC add New Zealand international keeper Stefan Marinović". 21 July 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 - New Zealand - Squad List". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "New-look All Whites squad named for Korea trip". Radio New Zealand. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Late winner hurts All Whites". New Zealand Football. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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