Marko Rakonjac
 Rakonjac with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bijelo Polje, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Diósgyőr | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje | |||
| 2017–2020 | Čukarički | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Čukarički | 60 | (15) |
| 2019–2020 | → IMT (loan)[2] | 16 | (14) |
| 2022– | Lokomotiv Moscow | 12 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | → TSC (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2024– | → Diósgyőr (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Montenegro U17 | 6 | (3) |
| 2018 | Montenegro U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Montenegro U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2022– | Montenegro | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2022 | |||
Marko Rakonjac (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Ракоњац; born 25 April 2000) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Hungarian club Diósgyőr on loan from the Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow.
Club career
[edit]On 28 April 2022, Rakonjac signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow, beginning in the 2022–23 season.[3]
On 2 February 2023, Rakonjac returned to Serbia to join Red Star Belgrade on loan until the end of the season with the option to buy.[4]
On 27 July 2023, Rakonjac moved on a new season-long loan to TSC with an option to buy.[5]
On 2 July 2024, Rakonjac moved on a new loan to Diósgyőr in Hungary.[6]
International career
[edit]Rakonjac was capped for the Montenegro U17, U19 and U21 national team squads before becoming part of Montenegro national football team, and debuting as a substitution in a friendly win against Greece.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 27 November 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje | 2016–17 | Montenegrin First League | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| Čukarički | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 28 | 11 | ||
| Total | 57 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 12 | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2022–23 | RPL | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Career total | 75 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 12 | ||
- ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit]- Red Star Belgrade
Individual
- Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2021–22 (Round 25[8])
References
[edit]- ^ "Marko Rakonjac". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "MARKO RAKONJAC: PREDUGO SAM ČEKAO NA GOL, HVALA SVIMA NA ČESTITKAMA". FK Čukarički website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "ФК "ЛОКОМОТИВ" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С МАРКО РАКОНЬЯЦЕМ" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Марко Ракоњац у Звезди" [Marko Rakonjac in Zvezda]. www.crvenazvezdafk.com. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "РАКОНЬЯЦ ПЕРЕЙДЁТ В СЕРБСКИЙ "ТСЦ БАЧКА ТОПОЛА" НА ПРАВАХ АРЕНДЫ" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Marko Rakonjac a DVTK-ban folytatja" [Marko Rakonjac continues in DVTK] (in Hungarian). Diósgyőri VTK. 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Marko Rakonjac". FSCG website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Igrač kola: Sjajna igra Marka Rakonjca za ubedljiv trijumf brđana". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Marko Rakonjac at Soccerway
- Marko Rakonjac at WorldFootball.net
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