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Mario Maloča (born 4 May 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lechia Gdańsk.

Mario Maloča

Maloča playing for Hajduk Split in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 (age 33)
Place of birth	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Lechia Gdańsk
Number	23
Youth career
1998–2004	Dinamo Zagreb
2004–2005	NK Zagreb
2006	Inter Zaprešić
2006	Kamen Ingrad
2007–2008	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2015	Hajduk Split	170	(4)
2015–2018	Lechia Gdańsk	47	(4)
2017–2018	→ Greuther Fürth (loan)	31	(2)
2018-2019	Greuther Fürth	24	(0)
2019–	Lechia Gdańsk	80	(1)
National team
2008	Croatia U19	3	(1)
2008–2009	Croatia U20	6	(0)
2008–2010	Croatia U21	13	(0)
2012	Croatia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2022

Club career

Maloča spent most of his youth career at Dinamo Zagreb and had spells with youth teams at NK Zagreb, Inter Zaprešić and Kamen Ingrad.[1] In 2007, Maloča signed for Hajduk Split.

He made his Prva HNL debut with Hajduk at the age of 18 against Šibenik in the 2007–08 season and soon became a first team regular, playing alongside renowned defenders such as Igor Tudor, Goran Sablić and Boris Živković. After the season ended he signed a five-year contract with Hajduk, binding him to Poljud until 2013. In April 2015, he was dropped to B team for a short time, and in July 2015 he left Hajduk.

In July 2017, Maloča joined 2. Bundesliga side SpVgg Greuther Fürth on loan for the 2017–18 season.[2]

In May 2019 it was confirmed, that he had joined Lechia Gdańsk on a 3-year contract.[3]

International career

Maloča also earned 13 caps for Croatia's U-19 and U-21 teams and took part in Croatia's 2008 Under-19 European Championship campaign where he scored a goal against Albania. In August 2012, he was called to the Croatian national football team by Croatian manager Igor Štimac.[1] He debuted in a friendly match against Switzerland, where he started and was substituted by Ante Vukušić at the start of the second half.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 January 2018 [5][6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hajduk Split	2007–08	Prva HNL	12	0	4	1	—		—		16	1
	2008–09		16	0	5	1	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		24	1
	2009–10		20	0	6	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		28	0
	2010–11		27	0	1	0	9[lower-alpha 1]	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	38	0
	2011–12		14	1	3	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		19	1
	2012–13		23	1	6	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		33	1
	2013–14		30	1	2	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	1	—		36	2
	2014–15		28	1	5	1	6[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		39	2
	Total		170	4	32	3	30	1	1	0	233	8
Lechia Gdańsk	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	22	2	0	0	—		6[lower-alpha 3]	0	28	2
	2016–17		24	2	1	0	—		7[lower-alpha 4]	0	32	2
	2017–18		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		47	4	1	0	0	0	13	0	61	4
Greuther Fürth	2017–18	2. Bundesliga	17	1	2	0	—		—		19	1
Career total			234	9	35	3	30	1	14	0	313	13

Personal life

Despite being born in Zagreb and part of Dinamo Zagreb youth team in his early years, Maloča opted to play for Hajduk Split. Maloča married his childhood sweetheart Ivana in June 2012. The couple had their first child, Tea, on 21 March 2013.[7]

Honours

Hajduk Split

• Croatian Cup: 2009–10, 2012–13

Lechia Gdańsk

• Polish Super Cup: 2019

References

External links

• Mario Maloča at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mario Maloča at Soccerway.com
• Mario Maloča at WorldFootball.net
• Mario Maloča at Croatian Football Statistics
• Mario Maloča at Sportnet.hr (in Croatian)
• Mario Maloča at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

На других языках

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[de] Mario Maloča

Mario Maloča (* 4. Mai 1989 in Zagreb) ist ein kroatischer Fußballspieler. Ab der Saison 2019/20 steht er bei Lechia Gdańsk unter Vertrag.

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- [en] Mario Maloča

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[it] Mario Maloča

Mario Maloča (Zagabria, 4 maggio 1989) è un calciatore croato, difensore del Lechia Danzica.

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[ru] Малоча, Марио

Марио Малоча (хорв. Mario Maloča; 4 мая 1989, СФРЮ) — хорватский футболист, защитник польского клуба «Лехия», выступающий на правах аренды за немецкий «Гройтер».

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