Svetozar Marković
Country: Serbia
Date of birth: 29/11/2000 (17 years old)
Place of birth: Serbia
Height: 185cm
Youth career: Partizan Belgrade
Current club: Partizan Belgrade
Squad number: 15
Current national team: Serbia U-19
Position: central defender
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 100.000 €
Tournaments participated in: 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (2/0)
Contract until: 30.06.2020
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Mats Hummels
Strengths:
– aerial duels 
– marking
– athleticism
– tackling and intercepting
– anticipation 
– concentration 
– composure
– ability to read the game
– bravery 
Weaknesses:
– fairly good coordination, pace and agility for a player of his size, but he still may struggle a bit in front of skilful players with fast direction shifts/great acceleration skills at short distances
Style of play:
– complete and dominant centre-back
– large, consistent, and physically strong player who feels very comfortable in contact situations
– feels comfortable and has a decent composure on the ball, making part of the team’s build-up process at the first instances
– very good at recovering from mistakes thanks to his long legs and determination
– often wins the ball back by outmuscling players thanks to his significant upper-body strength
– accurate and tenacious tackler
– likes to maraud forward
– extremely dominant in the air
– indirect set-piece threat
– high tackling and interception rate
– able to control the threat of the attacker without causing an imbalance in the defensive line
– concentrated, determined and commited player with very good rate of individual and collective work
– natural leader
He is best suited to playing as:
Central defender in 4-4-2.
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League summary (as for 11 March 2018):
No senior team appearances yet.
Description:
Svetozar Marković is a product of renowned Partizan Belgrade youth academy. He is the captain and one of the leaders of Partizan U-19 team. He made his professional debut on 15 February 2018 in Europa League game against Viktoria Plzeň. In 2017 he represented Serbia at the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where young Serbians failed to advance from a group containing Germany, Bosnia and Ireland.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
8/10 
First team material in a top European club.
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