Marko Vešović

Marko Vešović
	Vešović with Montenegro in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	28 August 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Titograd, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Wing-back / winger
Team information
Current team	Qarabağ
Number	29
Youth career
2005–2007	FK Mladost Podgorica
2007–2009	Budućnost
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2010	Budućnost
2008	→ Mladost Podgorica (loan)
2010–2013	Red Star Belgrade
2014–2015	Torino
2014–2015	→ Rijeka (loan)
2015–2018	Rijeka
2018–2021	Legia Warsaw
2021–	Qarabağ
International career‡
2009	Montenegro U19
2010–2012	Montenegro U21
2013–	Montenegro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024

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

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 Warsaw in a 2–1 win over Lech Poznań on 4 March 2018.^[8]

Qarabağ

On 16 July 2021, he signed with Qarabağ on a free transfer.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12]

Personal life

His father Rade Vešović, also a football player and coach, died on 23 August 2019.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 May 2018

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Red Star	2010–11	SuperLiga	24	2	3	0	2	0	29	2
	2011–12	SuperLiga	23	1	5	0	2	0	30	1
	2012–13	SuperLiga	25	0	3	0	5	1	33	1
	2013–14	SuperLiga	12	0	2	0	4	0	18	0
	Total		84	3	13	0	13	1	110	4
Torino	2013–14	Serie A	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Rijeka	2014–15	Prva HNL	17	1	5	1	5	0	27	2
	2015–16	Prva HNL	18	2	4	0	0	0	22	2
	2016–17	Prva HNL	33	6	5	0	2	0	40	6
	2017–18	Prva HNL	16	2	1	0	12	0	29	2
	Total		84	11	15	1	19	0	118	12
Legia Warsaw	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	15	1	3	1	0	0	18	2
	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	25	0	3	0	4	0	32	0
	Total		40	1	6	1	4	0	50	2
Career total			211	15	34	2	37	1	282	18

International

As of 29 August 2024

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Montenegro	2013	2	0
	2014	3	0
	2015	1	0
	2016	5	0
	2017	4	1
	2018	8	0
	2019	7	1
	2021	8	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	5	0
	2024	4	0
Total		54	2

International goals

Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.^[14]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 September 2017	Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	1–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	25 March 2019	City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro	England	1–0	1–5	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Serbian Cup: 2011–12

HNK Rijeka

Legia Warsaw^[15]

Qarabağ

References

^ "Marko Vešović". HNK Rijeka. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Marko Vešović at FSCG.co.me
^ "Vesovic al Toro" [Vesovic to Torino] (in Italian). Torino Football-Club. 7 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b HNK Rijeka (1 September 2014). "Potpisao Marko Vešović". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
^ "Mercato: arriva Vesovic, va in prestito al Rijeka" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "UFFICIALE: Marko Vesovic allo Spezia a titolo definitivo". toronews.net (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ Ivan Volarić (September 18, 2016). "novilist.hr: Povijesna večer na Rujevici: Rijeka "petardom" ponizila Kranjčarov "Dinamo" (5:2)" (in Croatian). Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^ Marek Wawrzynowski (March 4, 2018). "SportoweFakty: Marko Vesović: Karny dla Legii był ewidentny" (in Polish). Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^ fanat.az/ (July 16, 2021). ""Qarabağ" Monteneqro millisinin üzvünü transfer etdi" (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ Брновић звао пет играча из ЈСЛ, Вешовић дебитант at Sportski žurnal, 20-5-2013 (in Serbian)
^ Match report at Soccerway
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
^ Večernje novosti (2019-08-24). "Umro Rade Vešović" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-25.
^ "M. Vešović". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
^ "Legia Warsaw beat Arka Gdynia 2:1 in Polish Cup final". www.thenews.pl.

External links

Marko Vešović at National-Football-Teams.com
Marko Vešović at Soccerway
Marko Vešović at Croatian Football Statistics (archived) (in Croatian)
Marko Vešović Stats at Utakmica.rs (in Serbian)

[1] "Marko Vešović". HNK Rijeka. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[fscg.co.me-2] Marko Vešović at FSCG.co.me

[3] "Vesovic al Toro" [Vesovic to Torino] (in Italian). Torino Football-Club. 7 February 2014.

[Rijeka-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.

[novilistgnk-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] t.az/ (July 16, 2021). ""Qarabağ" Monteneqro millisinin üzvünü transfer etdi" (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[10] Брновић звао пет играча из ЈСЛ, Вешовић дебитант at Sportski žurnal, 20-5-2013 (in Serbian)

[11] Match report at Soccerway

[12] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

[Rade_Vešović_ref-13] Večernje novosti (2019-08-24). "Umro Rade Vešović" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-25.

[SW-14] "M. Vešović". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

[Thenews.pl-15] "Legia Warsaw beat Arka Gdynia 2:1 in Polish Cup final". www.thenews.pl.

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