Place of birth Knin, Croatia Number 8 Apps (Gls) Position Midfielder | Playing position Years Team Current team Blacktown City FC | |
Date of birth (1991-11-28) 28 November 1991 (age 25) | ||
Sasa Macura is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder for Blacktown City in the National Premier Leagues NSW.
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Born in Australia, Macura played youth football for Northern Tigers, APIA Leichhardt and Bonnyrigg White Eagles before moving to Hungary. There, he made his professional debut for MTK Budapest as well as playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II for MTK's reserve team and Szigetszentmiklósi. In 2014, he returned to Australia to play for Blacktown City.
Early life
Macura was born in Knin, Croatia. He moved to Sydney as a child and attended Narrabeen Sports High School. He started to play football for Dee Why Swans on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Club career
Macura played youth football for Northern Tigers FC, APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Bonnyrigg White Eagles.
Aged 18, Macura moved to Europe, initially to trial with Serbian club FK Vojvodina, where he was offered a contract. However, on the advice of his manager, Macura instead accepted a contract with Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I club MTK Budapest. He made his competitive first-team debut for MTK in the 2010–11 Ligakupa against fellow top-tier side Vasas in July 2010. In early 2013, Macura moved on loan to Szigetszentmiklósi in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.
In 2014, Macura returned to Sydney to play for Blacktown City in the National Premier Leagues NSW.