Marko Seufatu Nikola Stamenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Сеуфату Никола Стаменић; born 19 February 2002) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Olympiacos, on loan from Premier League club Nottingham Forest, and the New Zealand national team.
.jpg) Stamenić (right) with Red Star Belgrade in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marko Seufatu Nikola Stamenić[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 2002[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Olympiacos (on loan from Nottingham Forest) | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Stokes Valley | ||
| 2014–2016 | Western Suburbs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Western Suburbs | 34 | (7) |
| 2019–2020 | Team Wellington | 7 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Copenhagen | 16 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → HB Køge (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Red Star Belgrade | 27 | (1) |
| 2024– | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Olympiacos (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | New Zealand U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | New Zealand U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | New Zealand | 27 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024 | |||
Born in Wellington and raised in Stokes Valley, Stamenić graduated from the Olé Football Academy and signed for FC Copenhagen in September 2020 following extended trials. Following sporadic appearances for the club, including in the UEFA Champions League, Stamenić departed to join Red Star Belgrade in 2023.
Club career
editWestern Suburbs
editBorn in Wellington, Stamenić attended St Patrick's College, Silverstream, Wellington.[2] and came through the ranks of the Olé Football Academy.[3] During this time, Stamenić played for Olé-affiliated club Western Suburbs in the Central Premier League, making his debut in 2017 and reaching the final of the 2018 Chatham Cup.[3]
Team Wellington
editFollowing Olé's affiliation with ISPS Handa Premiership side Team Wellington, Stamenić signed for them on 2 October 2019.[3] He made seven league appearances, scoring one goal on 15 December 2019 against Southern United.[4]
Copenhagen
editFollowing his standout performances for New Zealand in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and despite interest from Brazilian Série A club Flamengo, Stamenić was invited for a three-week trial at Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen in March 2020. However, following an order from the New Zealand Government for all foreign-based New Zealand citizens to urgently return to the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was forced to abort the trial.[3] FC Copenhagen retained their interest, and Stamenić eventually returned to Denmark, signing for the club's under-19 team on 1 September 2020.[2][5]
Stamenić made his debut for the first team on 23 November 2020, starting in a 2–1 Superliga loss to Randers FC.[6]
On 9 January 2023, Copenhagen announced they would not be extending his contract, which expired in June 2023, as Stamenić had elected to explore other opportunities.[7]
Red Star Belgrade
editOn 6 February 2023, Red Star Belgrade (Crvena zvezda) announced that they had signed Stamenić on a four-year deal beginning the next season.[8]
Nottingham Forest
editOn 21 June 2024, Stamenić signed for English Premier League side Nottingham Forest on a five-year deal, immediately joining Super League Greece side Olympiacos on a season-long loan deal.[9][10]
International career
editUnder-17
editStamenić made his first appearance for the New Zealand U-17 team coming off the bench in their 0–5 loss to the Solomon Islands at the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship.[11] He then followed that up starting in New Zealand's next matches against Papua New Guinea in the last pool game,[12] Tahiti in the semi-finals[13] and in the final which saw a rematch against the Solomon Islands that New Zealand won 5–4 on penalties.[14]
Stamenić played all three games for New Zealand in their 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign, finishing third in their group.[1]
Senior
editStamenić made his international debut with the senior New Zealand national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Curaçao on 9 October 2021.[15]
Personal life
editBorn in New Zealand, Stamenić is of Serbian and Samoan descent.[16] His father is from Novi Sad, Serbia.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 21 June 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Western Suburbs | 2017 | Central Premier League | — | — | ||||||||
| 2018 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2019 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2020 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
| Team Wellington | 2019–20 | NZFC | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Copenhagen | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| HB Køge (loan) | 2021–22 | Danish 1st Division | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 1 | 35 | 2 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2024–25 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Olympiacos (loan) | 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 76 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 87 | 5 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
edit- As of match played on 18 November 2024
- Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stamenić goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 June 2023 | Sonnensee Stadium, Ritzing, Austria |  Qatar |
1–0 | 1–0[n 1] | Friendly |
| 2 | 18 November 2024 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand |  Samoa |
5–0 | 8–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
- ^ Michael Boxall was racially abused during the first half of the game by a Qatari player. No official action was taken so the team have agreed not to come out for the second half of the match.
Honours
editWestern Suburbs
- Central League: 2017, 2019
- Chatham Cup runner-up: 2018
Copenhagen
Red Star Belgrade
References
edit- ^ a b c d "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b Rollo, Phillip (2 September 2020). "Another Kiwi in Europe: Rising star Marko Stamenić joins top Danish football club". Stuff. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d Rollo, Phillip (14 May 2020). "Covid-19 puts Kiwi footballer Marko Stamenić's European dream on hold". Stuff. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Marko Stamenic Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Stuff".
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (23 November 2020). "Teenager Marko Stamenić makes professional debut for Danish club FC Copenhagen". Stuff. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "No contract extension with Marko Stamenić". F.C. København. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ FK Crvena zvezda in English [@crvenazvezda_en] (6 February 2023). "Lord of the Midfield™ Young midfielder Marko Stamenić is set to join Crvena zvezda. The New Zealand-born starlet, class of 2022, will arrive on a four-year deal in the summer from FC Copenhagen. 🇷🇸🇳🇿 #fkcz" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Forest agree Marko Stamenić deal". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Marko Stamenic Joins Olympiacos". www.olympiacos.org/en. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Group A Solomon Islands v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Group A New Zealand v Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Semi-finals Tahiti v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Final Solomon Islands v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Football: Gutsy All Whites grind out impressive victory over Curacao on international return". Newshub. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Covid-19 puts Kiwi footballer Marko Stamenić's European dream on hold". Stuff. 14 May 2020.
- ^ "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
External links
edit- Marko Stamenić at Soccerway
