Marinko Mačkić

Marinko Mačkić (born 28 March 1983) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football manager and former player. He usually played as a defender and he made his career in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran.

Club career Born in Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marinko began playing in FK Sloboda Novi Grad, before moving to Serbia to join the youth teams of FK Partizan. He signed his first professional contract when he was 16, and he made his senior debut in 2000 when he joined FK Mladost Lučani playing in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. In his first season there, they got promoted and played the 2001–02 season in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. However, their top-flight season did not end well, and Mladost ended the season relegated back to the Second League.

In the winter break of the 2002–03 season, Marinko Mačkić moved to the top-flight club FK Vojvodina, but did not have many chances to play in the first team, so he ended up returning to Bosnia, playing on loan with his home-town club, FK Borac Banja Luka, now in the newly created Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Personal life After seeing his career unexpectedly interrupted, Mačkić graduated at the Faculty of Sports in Sarajevo, and also obtained a UEFA coaching license.