| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1980-07-10)10 July 1980 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Zrenjanin,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 36 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Partizan Belgrade | 3 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Teleoptik | 81 | (7) |
| 2004–2005 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 27 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Tianjin Teda | 50 | (6) |
| 2006–2007 | Banat Zrenjanin | 8 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Gençlerbirliği | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Banat Zrenjanin | 36 | (3) |
| 2009 | Shenzhen Asia Travel | 14 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Tianjin Teda | 54 | (6) |
| 2012 | Banat Zrenjanin | ||
| Total | 314 | (33) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marko Zorić (Serbian Cyrillic:Марко Зopић,pronounced[mâːrkozǒːritɕ];[1][2] born 10 July 1980) is a Serbian retiredfootballer who played as acentre-back.
Born inZrenjanin, Zorić began his professional football career with top tier sideProleter Zrenjanin where he attracted the interests of Serbian heavyweightsPartizan Belgrade who he would join in the2000–01 league season.[citation needed] During his time at Partizan Belgrade he saw little playing time and he moved to second tier clubFK Teleoptik. With FK Teleoptik he was relegated to the third tier. During this period he established himself as an integral member of the team and a return to Proleter Zrenjanin in the 2004–05 league season, who were now in the second tier.[3]
After a season with Proleter Zrenjanin Zorić he moved abroad to China and joined top tier sideTianjin Teda in the2005 Chinese Super League where he helped guide Tianjin to fourth within the league, which was the best placed finish for the team since the league became fully professional.[4] Two seasons later Zorić returned to Serbia joining top tier sideBanat Zrenjanin in the2006–07 Serbian SuperLiga. He left after a season to join top tier Turkish sideGençlerbirliği in the2007–08 Süper Lig but once again this was short lived and he returned to Banat Zrenjanin where this time he was able to gain significantly more playing time but also saw the club relegated at the end of the2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga.[5]
On 15 July 2009, Zorić was looking for a move back to the Chinese Super League and recently promoted sideJiangsu Sainty were interested in his services until he sustained an injury during training, however fellow Super League sideShenzhen Asia Travel were willing to take a chance and signed him in their fight against relegation in the2009 Chinese Super League season. The following season Zorić would return to Tianjin Teda and once again became an integral member of the team's defence and go on to win2011 Chinese FA Cup with them.
Tianjin Teda
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Zórić
