Marko Vejinović

Marko Vejinović
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Feyenoord
Number 5
Youth career
Zeeburgia
Ajax
Utrecht
AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 AZ 3 (0)
2009–2013 Heracles Almelo 102 (11)
2013–2015 Vitesse 61 (12)
2015– Feyenoord 23 (0)
National team
2006–2007 Netherlands U17 8 (2)
2007–2009 Netherlands U19 17 (6)
2011 Netherlands U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Marko Vejinović (born 3 February 1990) is a Dutch[1] footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has previously played for AZ, with whom he won the Dutch Championship, and for Heracles Almelo. After he refused to extend his contract, he left Heracles Almelo as a Free Agent.[2] He is of Bosnian-Serbian descent.[3]

Vejinović made his debut in the Eredivisie on 22 March 2009, in home match against Feyenoord. The match ended in a 0–0 draw.[4]

Club career

Early years

Vejinović started playing football at the age of seven at a small Dutch club by the name of Zeeburgia. Ajax scouts immediately recognized his talent, where he consequently spent the next 7 years playing for the youth team at Ajax. He continued his career later at FC Utrecht and then at AZ Alkmaar.[5]

International career

On 2 November 2015 Vejinović was called up to the senior Netherlands squad for friendlies against Wales and Germany.[6]

Personal life

He is a Dutch citizen of Bosnian Serb descent.[7] In 2015, he married a Dutch woman named Sophie.[8]

References

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