Stefan Marinovic
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefan Tone Marinovic[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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– | SpVgg Unterhaching | 57 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2011 | New Zealand U-20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015– | New Zealand | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2011. | |||
Stefan Tone Marinovic is a footballer from New Zealand who plays as a goalkeeper for German club SpVgg Unterhaching.
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 Summer of 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 the 1860 Munich Reserves, making one appearance at each club. In 2014, Marinovic signed with German 3rd division and now 4th tier club, SpVgg Unterhaching, where he plays today.
International career
In 2011 Marinovic travelled with the New Zealand under-20 side to the World Cup in Colombia where he made two appearances.[3]
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.[4] He made his debut in the match in Seoul on 31 March, playing the full 90 minutes. He conceded a penalty kick, but saved it, conceding the only goal of the game by Lee Jae-sung in the 86th minute[5]
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
Individual
- OFC Nations Cup Golden Gloves: 2016
References
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). p. 18. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ "Wiesbadener Kurier - SVWW beendet die Heimsieg-Serie von Spitzenreiter Erzgebirge Aue". Wiesbadener-kurier.de. 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 - New Zealand - Squad List". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ↑ "New-look All Whites squad named for Korea trip". Radio New Zealand. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Late winner hurts All Whites". New Zealand Football. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
External links
- Stefan Marinovic – FIFA competition record
- Stefan Marinovic profile at Soccerway
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