Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marko Luka Maletic | ||
Date of birth | June 23, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | BVB IA Waterloo | ||
Youth career | |||
Kitchener SC | |||
Waterloo Minor SC | |||
Mississauga Falcons SC | |||
2015 | ProStars FC | ||
2015–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
2016 | Toronto FC | ||
2017 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2016 | Toronto FC III | 15 | (0) |
2016 | Toronto FC II | 7 | (0) |
2018–2019 | FC London | 21 | (0) |
2019 | NK Špansko | 4 | (0) |
2020 | NK Trnje | ||
2020–2021 | NK Karlovac | ||
2021 | FC London | 10 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Guelph United FC | 16 | (0) |
2024– | BVB IA Waterloo | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Croatia U16 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Canada U18 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 7, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 8, 2019 |
Marko Luka Maletic ( Croatian: Maletić; born June 23, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for BVB IA Waterloo in League1 Ontario.
Maletic began playing soccer at age six with Kitchener SC. [1] Afterwards he played for Waterloo Minor SC, Mississauga Falcons, and ProStars FC, while also playing with the Ontario provincial team. [2] [3] In 2015, he moved to Croatia and joined the Dinamo Zagreb Academy. [2] In 2016, he returned to Canada and joined the Toronto FC Academy. [4] [5] In 2017, he returned to Croatia and joined the youth system of HNK Hajduk Split. [6]
In 2016, he played for Toronto FC III in both League1 Ontario [7] and the Premier Development League. [8]
In July 2016, Maletic was promoted to Toronto FC II and made his professional debut on July 10 against the Harrisburg City Islanders. [9] He did not return to the side in 2017. [10]
In 2018, Maletic began playing for League1 Ontario side FC London, where he made fourteen regular season appearances and one playoff appearance. [11] That season, he was a starter for the mid-season all-star game for the League1 Ontario All-Stars against the PLSQ All-Stars. [12] At the end of the season, he was named the League1 Ontario Co-Young Player of the Year and was named a First Team All-Star. [13] [14] In 2019, he made seven league appearances. [15]
During the 2019-2020 season, he played for Croatian club NK Špansko, followed by NK Trnje. [6]
In July 2020, he joined NK Karlovac. [6] He departed the club in early February 2021. [16]
In 2021, he returned to FC London, making ten league appearances. [17]
In 2022, he joined Guelph United F.C. in League1 Ontario, with whom he played in the 2022 Canadian Championship against HFX Wanderers FC. [18] He made nine league appearances in League1 Ontario. [19]
In 2014, he attended a camp with the Canada U15 team. [1]
In March 2015, he was called up to the Croatia U16 team, [20] with whom he played two matches. [21]