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Marin Jakoliš

Marin Jakoliš

Croatian footballer (born 1996)

Marin Jakoliš (born 26 December 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Melbourne City, on loan from Ligue 2 club Angers.[1]

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Club career

On 29 January 2022, Jakoliš signed a 3.5-year contract with French club Angers.[2] On 20 January 2023, he was loaned out to Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca until the end of the season.[3]

Personal life

His brother Antonio is also a footballer.[4][5] He wears the jersey number 44 as a nod to Dražen Petrović, a legendary Croatian basketball player who was coached by Jakoliš's father.[6]

Jakoliš' father is an Australian citizen, who had lived in Melbourne for 15 years. This allowed Jakoliš to claim an Australian passport; as a result, he is eligible to play for Australia.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Marin Jakoliš at Soccerway
  2. [2]
    "Angers SCO accueille Marin Jakolis !" (Press release) (in French). Angers. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Marin Jakoliš est prêté à l'AEK Larnaca" (in French). Angers SCO. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Euro 2019 Fratele unui fost jucător de la FCSB, marea vedetă a Croaţiei. Principalul pericol pentru Ionuţ Radu" [Euro 2019 The brother of a former FCSB player, Croatia's great star. The main danger for Ionut Radu] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Ce nebunie! Vedeta din naţionala Croaţiei U21 care vrea să joace la FCSB: "Cine ştie? Sper"" [What a crazy situation! Croatian U21 star who wants to play for FCSB: "Who knows? I hope so"] (in Romanian). Telekomsport.ro. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Jersey numbers: Who chose what and why!". Ligue1 COM. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Dobro došao, Marin: Croatian forward joins City on loan". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 8 April 2024.


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