Darko Maletić

Darko Maletić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Малетић; born 20 October 1980) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

Darko Maletić

Maletić in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-10-20) 20 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1997	Borac Banja Luka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Borac Banja Luka	57	(6)
2001–2002	Rapid Wien	13	(0)
2002–2004	Publikum Celje	39	(2)
2004	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	(0)
2005	Shinnik Yaroslavl	8	(0)
2006	Vaslui	5	(0)
2006–2009	Partizan	44	(2)
2009–2010	Koblenz	10	(1)
2010–2011	Borac Banja Luka	21	(6)
2011–2012	Aktobe	21	(2)
2012	Irtysh Pavlodar	6	(0)
2013	Borac Banja Luka	13	(2)
2013–2015	Velež Mostar	64	(2)
2016	Borac Banja Luka	9	(1)
Total		312	(24)
International career
2007–2012	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18	(1)
Managerial career
2020	Laktaši
2020–2021	Ljubić Prnjavor
2022–2023	Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He holds a peculiar record: he played in the UEFA Cup for five clubs from five countries (Rapid Wien, Publikum Celje, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Partizan and Aktobe).

Club career

Maletić started his career with his hometown club FK Borac Banja Luka. In the summer of 2001 he moved to SK Rapid Wien. From January 2002 to the summer of 2004 he played for Publikum Celje of Slovenia. He then moved to Russia where he played for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (2004) and FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (2005). After six months with Romanian club FC Vaslui (2006), Maletić signed for Serbian giants FK Partizan where he won double crown before he moved to TuS Koblenz in January 2009.

International career

When Fuad Muzurović became the Bosnian-Herzegovinian national team's coach, the 26-year-old Maletić received his first call for a match against Norway in March 2007. He made his debut in the 82nd minute, replacing Adnan Čustović. Bosnia and Herzegovina won the match 2–1.

He played seven games in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying but after Miroslav Blažević became coach, he dropped from the squad. After showing good form for Borac Banja Luka in the domestic league in 2011, he was recalled by coach Safet Sušić for the match against Romania in March.^[1] He was again called up for the matches against Romania away and Albania at home in June, and responded by scoring his first goal for the national team, against Albania.^[2] Maletić earned a total of 18 caps, scoring 1 goal.^[3]

His final international was a February 2012 friendly match against Brazil.^[4]

Career statistics

International

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 June 2011	Zenica	Albania	2–0	Win	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Managerial

As of match played 10 April 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Laktaši	6 August 2020	20 December 2020	12	4	1	7	20	24	−4	033.33
Ljubić Prnjavor	26 December 2020	30 June 2021	15	7	1	7	28	24	+4	046.67
Sloboda Mrkonjić Grad	23 January 2022	17 January 2023	32	14	5	13	51	47	+4	043.75
Total			59	25	7	27	99	95	+4	042.37

Honours

Player

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2007–08
• Serbian Cup: 2007–08

Borac Banja Luka

• Bosnian Premier League: 2010–11

References

1. "Sušić vratio Maletića, poštedio Ibričića i prekrižio Nadarevića". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. Kerić, A. (7 June 2011). "Zmajevi u Zenici nadletjeli Orlove" (in Bosnian). SportSport.ba. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
3. Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
4. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

External links

• Darko Maletić at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Darko Maletić at National-Football-Teams.com
• Darko Maletić at Soccerway
• Darko Maletić at prvaliga.si (in Slovene)
• Image of Darko Maletić