Ana Maria Marković
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 November 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Split, Croatia | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Grasshopper | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | FC Zürich | 0 | (0) |
2017–2019 | → FC Zürich U21 | 27 | (7) |
2020– | Grasshopper | 52 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Croatia | 11 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 February 2023 |
Ana Maria Marković (born 9 November 1999) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Women's Super League club Grasshopper and the Croatia national team.[1][2]
Early life
Marković is of Croatian descent from her mother's side, who comes from Split.[3] Marković was born in Split, and moved with her family to Switzerland aged 12, growing up in Zürich.[3]
Club career
Aged 14, Marković began playing football in Switzerland; she stated that she began playing after feeling motivated from the growth of women's football.[3] While in Switzerland she featured for U21 squad at FC Zurich for three seasons before making the move to Grasshopper.[4]
International career
Having caught the eye of the Croatian Football Federation while playing for Grasshopper in Switzerland, Marković was called up to play for the Croatia national team.[3]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Play-offs | Cup[a] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Zürich Frauen U21 | 2017–18 | Nationalliga B | 4 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||||
2019–20 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||||
Total | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | ||
Grasshopper | 2020–21 | Swiss WSL | 25 | 2 | — | 5 | 6 | 30 | 8 | |
2021–22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 7 | ||
2022–23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | ||
Total | 52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 71 | 17 | ||
Career total | 79 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 98 | 24 |
- ^ Includes the Swiss Women's Cup
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 30 November 2021 | Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula, Croatia | ![]() |
1–0 |
4–0 |
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
Honours
Grasshopper Club Zürich Frauen
- Swiss Women's Cup: 2021–22[7] runner-up
References
- ^ "Jedna od najljepših nogometašica svijeta igrat će za Hrvatsku, Ana ljepotom obara s nogu". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Gotal, Višnja (5 December 2021). "Moj put od gimnastike i modelinga do - gola u reprezentaciji". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Interview with Ana Maria Marković – Croatian diaspora football talent". Croatia Week. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Meet the world's 'most beautiful footballer' who models too - but don't brand her sexy". sportsmanor. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Ana Maria Marković". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "schweizer-cup-frauen". football.ch. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Schweizer-Cup - Schweizer Cup (Frauen) - Final - 30.04.2022 17:00 - Letzigrund, Zürich - Stadion". football.ch/sfv. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
External links
- Ana Maria Marković at Soccerway
- Ana Maria Marković at Global Sports Archive
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Split, Croatia
- Croatian women's footballers
- Croatian emigrants to Switzerland
- Women's association football forwards
- Grasshopper Club Zürich (women) players
- Swiss Women's Super League players
- Croatia women's international footballers
- Swiss women's footballers
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland
- Croatian women's football biography stubs