Damjan Marčeta

Damjan Marčeta (born 11 May 1994) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a forward for Regionalliga club Eintracht Trier.^[1]

Damjan Marčeta

Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Trier
Number	11
Youth career
	Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Donji Srem	32	(1)
2015	FC Tempo Frankfurt
2016	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	10	(3)
2016	FC Tempo Frankfurt
2017–2019	FC Gießen[a]	62	(45)
2018	FC Gießen II	0	(0)
2019–2022	FC Homburg	72	(20)
2022–2023	SV Rödinghausen	43	(16)
2023–2024	Wuppertaler SV	32	(11)
2024–	Eintracht Trier	10	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2024

Career

Marčeta is product of Vojvodina's youth school.^[2] He was loaned at Prvi Maj Ruma but did not play for first team of Vojvodina. He joined Donji Srem in 2013. He scored his first goal for Donji Srem in an 2–2 draw in the Serbian SuperLiga on 15 September 2013 away to Red Star Belgrade.^[3]

In November 2015, Marčeta moved to Germany and joined FC Tempo in Frankfurt.^[4] In the beginning of 2016, he then Rot-Weiss Frankfurt after scoring two goals for the club's reserve team in his debut.^[5] He played 11 league games and scored four goals. In the summer 2016, he went on a trial with Kickers Offenbach. After scoring seven goals within 45 minutes in a friendly game for the club, Kickers Offenbach revealed that they wanted to sign him.^[6] He agreed to sign with the club and they offered him a contract until June 2018, but however, Marčeta had no work permit in Germany and the deal was never finalized.^[4] He then returned to FC Tempo.

In January 2017 Marčeta moved to SC Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg.^[7] The club changed name to FC Gießen on 1 July 2018. He was part of the team winning the 2018–19 Hessenliga, in which Marčeta contributed with 25 goals in 26 appearances.^[8] After his successful season, he moved to FC Homburg in 2019.^[9] On 28 January 2022, he joined Regionalliga West club SV Rödinghausen.^[10]

On 18 May 2023, Wuppertaler SV announced the signing of Marčeta.^[11]

Career statistics

As of 24 December 2014

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Donji Srem	2012–13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2013–14	17	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	20	2
	2014–15	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	Total	32	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	36	2
Career total		32	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	36	2

Honours

FC Gießen

• Hessenliga: 2018–19^[12]

References

1. Damjan Marčeta at WorldFootball.net
2. "Marčeta: Nisam se radovao golu na Marakani, uz Zvezdu sam od malih nogu". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 19 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
3. "Šok i bruka na "Marakani": Zvezda od 2:0 do 2:2 sa igračem više!". vesti-online.com (in Serbian). 15 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
4. Damjan Marceta wieder bei Tempo "geparkt", torgranate.de, 5 December 2018
5. Eintracht Stadtallendorf verstärkt sich in allen Mannschaftsteilen, op-marburg.de, 5 February 2016
6. Kickers Offenbach will Stürmer Damjan Marceta, op-online.de, 4 July 2016
7. Acebes, Pedro (20 January 2017). "Damjan Marceta zu Watzenborn-Steinberg". Torgranate (in German). Archived from the original on 28 August 2019.
8. "Erst der Derbysieg, dann die Hochzeit". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
9. "Regionalliga – Damjan Marceta von Gießen zum FC Homburg". Osthessen-Zeitung (in German). 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
10. "Damjan Marceta verlässt den FC 08 Homburg". FC 08 Homburg (in German). 28 January 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
11. "Damjan Marčeta schließt sich dem WSV an". wsv1954.de (in German). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
12. "FC Gießen gewinnt Titel in der Hessenliga". Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

1. "Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinburg" until 2018

External links

• Damjan Marčeta at Soccerway
• Stats at utakmica.rs
• Damjan Marčeta at FuPa (in German)