Marko Atanackovic (born 13 May 1986) is a Swedish football goalkeeper who plays for Assyriska FF.[1][2]

Marko Atanackovic
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 38)
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Assyriska FF
Number 51
Youth career
Djurgårdens IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Väsby United 2 (0)
2004 Djurgårdens IF 0 (0)
2005–2009 Arameisk-Syrianska IF 113 (0)
2010 Vasalunds IF 16 (0)
2011 Arameisk-Syrianska IF 12 (0)
2011 IK Sirius 0 (0)
2012 IK Frej 26 (0)
2013 Valsta Syrianska IK 5 (0)
2013–2018 IK Frej 109 (0)
2019 1. SC Znojmo FK 0 (0)
2019 Newroz SC 10 (0)
2019–2020 Panachaiki GE 5 (0)
2020 Sollentuna FK 0 (0)
2021 Segeltorps IF 11 (0)
2022– Assyriska FF 44 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024

Career

edit

Club career

edit

Brought up in Djurgårdens IF's system, the goalkeeper spent almost an entire career in lower leagues of Sweden. He played over 100 league games each for both Arameisk-Syrianska IF and IK Frej before finally getting a try at playing abroad. Signing for lowly Czech club 1. SC Znojmo FK, the contract was soon annulled due to irregularities with the player agent.

He played the spring season for another Swedish low-level club before moving to Greece in the summer of 2019. In the Super League Greece 2, he debuted in a fully professional league at the age of 33 for Panachaiki GE.

As the team imploded, he went home to Sweden again to join third-tier Sollentuna FK.[3] In June 2020, Atanackovic was accused of playing large sums of money on matches he himself had played in. Atanackovic, however, denied the allegations, stating that he did not want to play in a club that came with false accusations against him and for that reason he left the club shortly after his arrival.[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Sweden - M. Atanackovic - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ Fotbolltransfers.com
  3. ^ Lund, Oskar (15 May 2020). ""Vi blev attackerade av våra egna fans"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ Får lämna – efter bettinguppgifterna, expressen.se, 3 June 2020