Marko Ljubinković

Marko Ljubinković
Personal information
Date of birth	7 December 1981
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1991–2001	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 December 2013

Marko Ljubinković (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Љубинковић; born 7 December 1981 in Belgrade) is a Serbian former footballer who last played for FK Radnički Niš in the Serbian SuperLiga.

Previously, he had a contract with FC Vaslui, a team from Romanian Liga 1. He made his debut in Romanian first League on 29 July 2006, in a 0–0 draw between Vaslui and Universitatea Craiova.

Career

He started his career at Red Star Belgrade youth, but he did not play for the team. In 2000, Radnički Kragujevac bought him, and he stayed there for almost three years. He spent six years in the Serbian Second Division.

In 2006, he was bought by FC Vaslui, for a mere $50,000. At first, he played as a defensive midfielder, and he scored only 2 goals in the 2006–07 season. However, Mircea Rednic wanted him on his team, offering 1.5 million dollars for Ljubinković and Stefan Mardare, but Adrian Porumboiu declined the offer. In the next season, Dorinel Munteanu took Ljubinković's role in the field, letting him a free role. He scored in the opening match, a 2–2 draw against UTA Arad. He was also, the first player who scored in the new championship. In the second game of the season, he failed to score, but he was one of the most dangerous Vaslui player in the 2–0 win against the current champions Dinamo București. From the 3rd until the 11th game, he scored each game, being able to be in the front of the goalscorers. In the winter break, RC Lens, Lokomotiv Moscow and Newcastle United were interested in the player, but Adrian Porumboiu rejected all the offers. In the first game of the 2008, he scored again against Dacia Mioveni, in a 3–0 win. He scored the 100th goal for Vaslui in Liga I, in a 3–0 victory against Poli Timișoara. He finished on the 3rd position of the top-scorers, with 16 goals. In the new season, he scored at the first game, against Steaua București, in a 1–0 win. On 21 March 2009, he scored a goal from almost 35 m against Farul. He has scored, at the moment, only 6 goals, in the new season. In the 2009–10, after a conflict with Marius Lacatus, he was sent to the second team, but he did not played. In the summer, 2010 he managed to release his contract with Vaslui. After brief spells with Serbian side Sloboda Point Sevojno and Cypriots Αnorthosis, at the end of August 2011 he signed a two-year deal with another Serbian SuperLiga side FK Vojvodina.

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Radnički 1923	2001–02	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2
Radnički 1923	Total	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2
FK Rad	2002–03	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
	2003–04	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2
	2004–05	37	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	7
	2005–06	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	Total	104	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	11
Vaslui	2006–07	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	2
	2007–08	30	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	16
	2008–09	28	6	1	0	6	0	0	0	35	6
	2009–10	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0
	Total	94	24	1	0	9	0	0	0	104	24
Radnički Niš	2012–13	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	3
	2013–14	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	3
Career total		245	40	2	0	9	0	0	0	257	40

Honours

Vaslui

UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Winner: 2008

Individual

Scored the 100th goal for Vaslui in Liga I, 20 March 2008 vs Poli Timișoara
Vaslui top scorer: 2007–08
Vaslui player of the season: 2007–08

External sources

Marko Ljubinković at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
Profile at Playerhistory

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