Martin Šarić
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-18) 18 August 1979
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1999 San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Sportivo Luqueño
2001 Nueva Chicago 0 (0)
2002 NK Zagreb 1 (0)
2002–2004 NK Rijeka 24 (1)
2004–2005 NK Ljubljana 11 (0)
2005 Hapoel Beer Sheva 16 (0)
2006–2007 Politehnica Iaşi 28 (2)
2007 Oțelul Galați 0 (0)
2007–2008 Hapoel Ramat Gan 28 (0)
2008–2009 NK Celje 25 (0)
2010 Toronto FC 17 (0)
2011 Sportivo Luqueño 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2018

Martin Šarić (born 18 August 1979 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Šarić began his career in his native Argentina in the youth system of San Lorenzo. He went on to play for the club's reserve side before being released in 1999.[1] He went on to play for Sportivo Luqueño in Paraguay and Nueva Chicago, whom he helped return to the top flight in 2001, before moving to further his career in Europe in 2002.

He played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup with Croatian club NK Rijeka in 2002, played with FC Ljubljana in the Slovenian PrvaLiga in 2003, and played with Politehnica Iași in Romania in 2006/2007, as well as a short spell in Israel.

Šarić played 25 matches for NK Celje in the 2008/09 season before leaving the club shortly after the beginning of the 2009/10 season. He signed with Toronto FC on 26 March 2010 after a successful trial.[2] He made his debut for Toronto FC on 27 March 2010 in a 2–0 loss to Columbus Crew. Saric scored his first goal for Toronto in a 2–1 home victory over Cruz Azul in the CONCACAF Champions League 17 August 2010.[3] After making 23 appearances and scoring 1 goal in all competitions in the 2010 season with Toronto he was released by the club on 24 November.[4]

His older brother was San Lorenzo's former player, Mirko Šarić, one of big hopes of Argentine football,[5] who committed suicide in 2000.

Honours

Croatian national football league (Prva HNL) with NK Zagreb in 2002.

Toronto FC

References

  1. ↑ http://enunabaldosa.com/?p=609; enunabaldosa.com, 2 December 2005
  2. ↑ Saric signs with Toronto FC Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine; TorontoFC.ca, 26 March 2010
  3. ↑ Saric's first goal in Champions League Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; TorontoFC.ca, 18 August 2010
  4. ↑ Toronto Waives Five Players Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Toronto FC, 24 November 2010
  5. ↑ (in Spanish) Terra Archived 16 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine Sólo tenía 21 años, 3 Apr 2001
    "y estaba proyectado como una figura excluyente en el equipo, al punto que los dirigentes cotizaron su pase en 10 millones de dólares. ", accessed 29 March 2011
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