Stefan Marinovic is a footballer from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 who currently plays for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

Career

Marinovic has played for the New Zealand youth teams throughout his footballing career. In 2005 he won the Under 15 New Zealand National Championships, and joined the national youth team for its tour of Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. He received trials from clubs such as Everton FC, FC Zürich and FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

, but they all failed. So he joined Waitakere United

Waitakere United

Waitakere United is a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the ASB Premiership. They play their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu.-History:...

, he reached the final of the national championships again, but this time lost 6-0 to Canterbury United. In the Summer of 2009 he was a graduate of the Wyton Rufer Soccer School of Excellence, created for young footballers to have the chance of a trial at Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

 or SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

. There he was spotted by SV Wehen Wiesbaden and he signed a professional contract with them.
He was the 3rd choice goalkeeper in the 2010/11 season, and played with the U23 team. He made his professional debut on 27 April 2010 in an away game to league leaders Erzgebirge Aue when Marc Birkenbach was injured after 30 minutes. The game finished 2-2. When Michael Gurski

Michael Gurski

Michael Gurski is a German goalkeeper who currently plays for SV Wehen Wiesbaden-Career:Gurski started his senior career with Stuttgarter Kickers, then SSV Reutlingen 05. Between 2001 and December 2003 he played for Kickers Offenbach, there he played 2 games in the 2.Bundesliga and 10 in the...

 was signed, he again became the 3rd choice keeper, only being used for the U23 team.
He also plays for the New Zealand national under-20 football team

New Zealand national under-20 football team

The New Zealand Under 20's football team, more commonly known as the Junior All Whites, is controlled by New Zealand Football and represents New Zealand in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.-OFC:...

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