Sasa Macura
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sasa Macura | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Knin, Croatia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dee Why Swans | |||
| Northern Tigers | |||
| APIA Leichhardt Tigers | |||
| Bonnyrigg White Eagles | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | MTK Budapest | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | MTK Budapest II | 33 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Szigetszentmiklósi (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Blacktown City | 71 | (11) |
| 2017–2018 | Manly United | 44 | (3) |
| 2019 | Rockdale City | 20 | (1) |
| 2020 | Manly United | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2020 | |||
Sasa Macura is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder for Manly United in the National Premier Leagues NSW.
Born in Australia, Macura played youth football for Northern Tigers, APIA Leichhardt and Bonnyrigg White Eagles before moving to Hungary. There, he made his professional debut for MTK Budapest as well as playing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II for MTK's reserve team and Szigetszentmiklósi. In 2014, he returned to Australia to play for Blacktown City. He moved to Manly United in 2017.
Early life
[edit]Macura was born in Knin, Croatia. He moved to Sydney as a child and attended Narrabeen Sports High School. He first played football for Dee Why Swans on Sydney's Northern Beaches.[1]
Club career
[edit]Macura played youth football for Northern Tigers FC, APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Bonnyrigg White Eagles.[2]
Aged 18, Macura moved to Europe, initially to trial with Serbian club FK Vojvodina, where he was offered a contract.[1] However, on the advice of his manager, Macura instead accepted a contract with Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I club MTK Budapest.[2] He made his competitive first-team debut for MTK in the 2010–11 Ligakupa in a loss to fellow top-tier side Vasas in July 2010.[3] In early 2013, Macura moved on loan to Szigetszentmiklósi in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.[2]
In 2014, Macura returned to Sydney to play for Blacktown City in the National Premier Leagues NSW.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stamocostas, Con (10 August 2011). "Generation Who? Hungary for Success". GGArmy.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Jones, Kieran (7 March 2013). "Loan move keeps Australian midfielder Macura hungry". Goal.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Vasas vs. MTK 4–1". Soccerway. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ Pozder, Nikola (25 February 2014). "Macura ready for Blacktown City FC Challenge". Football NSW. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Sasa Macura at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Australian men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- MTK Budapest FC players
- Szigetszentmiklósi TK footballers
- Blacktown City FC players
- Manly United FC players
- National Premier Leagues players
- Croatian emigrants to Australia
- Footballers from Knin
- Serbs of Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen