Place of birth Split, Croatia Name Marko Livaja Career start 2010 2005–2008 Omladinac Vranjic Weight 81 kg | Number 39 Height 1.82 m Role Footballer Salary 200,000 EUR (2012) | |
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Date of birth (1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 22) 2002–2005 NK GOSK Kastel Gomilica (hr) Current team Empoli F.C. (#34 / Forward) Similar People Andrea Stramaccioni, Massimo Maccarone, Mario Rui, Marcel Buchel, Riccardo Saponara | ||
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Marko livaja all goals assists skills 2016 2017 las palmas
Marko Livaja (born 26 August 1993) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a striker for the Greek club AEK Athens on loan from UD Las Palmas.
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- Marko livaja all goals assists skills 2016 2017 las palmas
- Marko livaja goals and skills 2016 17 welcome to aek athens fc
- Youth career
- Internazionale
- Atalanta
- Rubin Kazan
- Las Palmas
- AEK Athens loan
- Honours
- References
Livaja began his professional career with Internazionale in 2011, having played in the youth academies of various teams in Croatia and Italy. Unable to fully break into the Inter Milan team, he spent a short while on loan to Lugano soon after joining Inter, and the first six months of the 2011–12 season on loan to Cesena (who co-owned Livaja along with Inter). In January 2013, after he had made six league appearances for Internazionale, Atalanta B.C. bought out Cesena's stake in Livaja and he joined their senior ranks.
Livaja has played for Croatia at every level from the under-15s to the under-21s but has not yet made his adult international debut.
Marko livaja goals and skills 2016 17 welcome to aek athens fc
Youth career
Livaja began at lower-tier Croatian sides GOŠK Kaštel Gomilica and NK Omladinac Vranjic before getting a call to the Dinamo Zagreb Academy in the summer of 2008. However, before he was registered for Dinamo he received a call from his hometown club Hajduk Split Academy, long-standing rivals of Dinamo, and moved there. At the beginning of 2010, he was promoted to the full Hajduk team.
Internazionale
Later in 2010 (after joining the full Hajduk team) Livaja was sold to Internazionale, who loaned him to Swiss side FC Lugano in 2011. He was loaned again to Cesena in summer 2011 through a €250,000 deal from Hajduk Split, and made his Serie A debut for Cesena against ACF Fiorentina in October 2011. Livaja played for Cesena in both their primary team and their youth team.
In January 2012 he returned to Inter when Cesena partially sold him to them for €2.25 million in a co-ownership deal. After Andrea Stramaccioni was appointed the coach of the first team, Livaja became a member of F.C. Internazionale Milano Primavera, winning the 2011–12 NextGen series. Livaja received his first call-up as a member of the first team on 1 April 2012, where he was an unused substitute against Genoa.
In the 2012-13 season, Livaja made his first appearance in the opening season match against Delfino Pescara 1936 and played his first game as a team starter against Roma in January 2013. He appeared in a total of six Serie A games during the first half of the season, but without scoring a goal. Livaja got more playing time in European games, as he was the coach Stramaccioni's first choice striker for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group matches against Rubin Kazan, FK Partizan, and Neftchi Baku.
He scored his first goal for Inter against Rubin Kazan on 20 September 2012 and became Inter's top scorer for the group stage, with four goals in six group matches. Inter finished second in the group stage, behind Rubin Kazan.
Atalanta
On 31 January 2013 Livaja was loaned to Atalanta, though Inter retained half his registration rights. Inter paid €1.5 million to acquire Livaja outright from Cesena but resold half his rights to Atalanta for €2.5M as part of Ezequiel Schelotto's deal for €6M. Livaja made his debut for the new club against Catania Calcio on 10 February 2013 and scored his first two goals for them on Matchday 26 against A.S. Roma.
For disciplinary reasons, he remained off the squad list in April during Atalanta's match against Sampdoria. He played his first game against his owners Inter Milan on 7 April 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute. In April, Livaja was given Atalanta's "Man of the Month" award for February 2013 by the club fans. On 7 May, before the match with Juventus, Livaja was once again expelled from the squad due to a breach of discipline.
Rubin Kazan
Livaja signed with Rubin Kazan on 15 May 2014 on a five-year deal. The Russian league club paid up to €6M for him. On 31 August 2015, Rubin Kazan send him on loan at Serie A side Empoli. His spell didn't go as expected, with Livaja scoring only once in 18 matches for Azzurri, only four as starter. That goal came on 22 November during the 2–2 away draw against Fiorentina.
Las Palmas
On 14 July 2016, Livaja joined La Liga side Las Palmas by signing a contract until June 2020. He made his debut later on 22 August, a debut which brought his first goals as well, as Las Palmas defeated Valencia 4–2 at Mestalla Stadium. Then, he endured a 613-minute scoreless run across 10 matches until 4 December 2016, when he scored he's team's only goal in the 1–1 away draw against Deportivo Alavés. Livaja made his first Copa del Rey appearance on 10 January of the following year in the returning leg of round of 16 against Atlético Madrid, scoring a brace in a 2–3 away win but 4–3 aggregate loss.
AEK Athens (loan)
On 1 July 2017, Livaja was loaned to AEK Athens, for an initial loan fee of €200,000 with a purchase option of €1.8M for the summer of 2018. He made his debut for the club on 25 July 2017 in a 2-0 home defeat against CSKA Moscow for the first leg of the Champions League third qualifying round.