Marko Vešović

Marko Vešović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Вешовић; born 28 August 1991) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a right wing-back for Legia Warsaw and the Montenegro national team.

Marko Vešović
Vešović with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-08-28) 28 August 1991
Place of birth Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Wing-back / winger
Club information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw
Number 29
Youth career
2005–2007 Mladost Lučani
2007–2009 Budućnost
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Budućnost 11 (1)
2008 → Mladost Podgorica (loan) 12 (3)
2010–2013 Red Star Belgrade 84 (3)
2014–2015 Torino 3 (0)
2014–2015 → Rijeka (loan) 17 (1)
2015–2018 Rijeka 67 (10)
2018– Legia 62 (2)
National team‡
2009 Montenegro U19 3 (1)
2010–2012 Montenegro U21 5 (1)
2013– Montenegro 30 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2020

Club career

Early career

Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, he spent a portion of his childhood in Lučani, where he played for the youth team of the local club Mladost Lučani. He made his senior debut with Budućnost in the 2008–09 season. He also had a half season loan spell at Mladost Podgorica.[2]

Torino

On 30 January 2014, he signed with Italian side Torino on a free transfer, after a couple of days on trial under the manager Giampiero Ventura.[3] He made his official debut for the Granata on 9 March 2014 during the trip to Milan against Inter, in which he was a starter, playing the full 90 minutes, lost 1–0. By the end of the 2013-14 season he made four appearances for Torino.[4]

Rijeka

In summer 2014, he moved to Rijeka in Croatia's Prva HNL on a one-year loan.[4] In the following year, Vešović returned to Rijeka. The transfer was facilitated through Rijeka's Italian partner club, Spezia Calcio in Serie B.[5][6] On 18 September 2016, he scored a brace in a 5-2 victory for Rijeka over Dinamo Zagreb.[7] Rijeka went on to win the Croatian First Football League in 2017; it was the first season in which Dinamo Zagreb did not finish first since 2005. Vešović was coached by Matjaž Kek during his three years at Rijeka.

Legia Warsaw

Vešović scored his first goal for Legia in a 2-1 win over Lech Poznań on 4 March 2018.[8]

International career

After having been part of the Montenegrin U-19 team, Vešović was a regular player for Montenegro's U21 team between 2009 and 2013.[2] On 20 May 2013, he was called up to the Montenegro national football team for the first time.[9] After being an unused substitute in several games, he finally made his debut for Montenegro on 15 October 2013, as a substitute in the last match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Moldova.[10] On 1 September 2017, Vešović scored his first goal for Montenegro in a 3–0 away win over Kazakhstan as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. As of 16 October 2020, he has earned a total of 30 caps, scoring 2 goals.[11]

Personal life

His father Rade Vešović, also a football player and coach, died on 23 August 2019.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of 21 May 2018
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Serbia SuperLiga Serbian Cup Europe Total
2010–11Red StarSuperLiga2423020292
2011–122315020301
2012–132503051331
2013–141202040180
Red Star total8431301311104
Italy Serie A Coppa Italia Europe Total
2013–14TorinoSerie A30001040
Croatia Prva HNL Croatian Cup Europe Total
2014–15RijekaPrva HNL1715150272
2015–161824000222
2016–173365020406
2017–1816210120292
Rijeka total841115119011812
Poland Ekstraklasa Polish Cup Europe Total
2017–18Legia WarsawEkstraklasa1513100182
2018–192503040320
Legia total4016140502
Career total 2111534237128218

International
As of 10 June 2019
National teamYearAppsGoals
Montenegro 201320
201430
201510
201650
201741
201880
201941
Total272

International goals
Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.[13]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 September 2017Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.25 March 2019City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro England1–01–5UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours
Red Star Belgrade
HNK Rijeka
Legia Warsaw[14]

References
  1. "Marko Vešović". HNK Rijeka. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. Marko Vešović at FSCG.co.me
  3. "Vesovic al Toro" [Vesovic to Torino] (in Italian). Torino Football-Club. 7 February 2014.
  4. HNK Rijeka (1 September 2014). "Potpisao Marko Vešović". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  5. "Mercato: arriva Vesovic, va in prestito al Rijeka" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. "UFFICIALE: Marko Vesovic allo Spezia a titolo definitivo". toronews.net (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. Ivan Volarić (September 18, 2016). "novilist.hr: Povijesna večer na Rujevici: Rijeka "petardom" ponizila Kranjčarov "Dinamo" (5:2)" (in Croatian). Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  8. Marek Wawrzynowski (March 4, 2018). "SportoweFakty: Marko Vesović: Karny dla Legii był ewidentny" (in Polish). Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  9. Брновић звао пет играча из ЈСЛ, Вешовић дебитант at Sportski žurnal, 20-5-2013 (in Serbian)
  10. Match report at Soccerway
  11. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  12. Večernje novosti (2019-08-24). "Umro Rade Vešović" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  13. "M. Vešović". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  14. "Legia Warsaw beat Arka Gdynia 2:1 in Polish Cup final". www.thenews.pl.
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