| Marko Stamenić | |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Olympiacos (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | –2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Stokes Valley |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Western Suburbs |
| Years1: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Western Suburbs |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Team Wellington |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Copenhagen |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs4: | → HB Køge (loan) |
| Caps4: | 23 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs5: | Red Star Belgrade |
| Caps5: | 27 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2024– |
| Clubs6: | Nottingham Forest |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | → Olympiacos (loan) |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | New Zealand U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | New Zealand U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam3: | New Zealand |
| Nationalcaps3: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 17 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 26 March 2024 |
Marko Seufatu Nikola Stamenić (Serbian: Марко Сеуфату Никола Стаменић; born 19 February 2002) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Olympiacos, on loan from club Nottingham Forest, and the New Zealand national team.
Born in Wellington and raised in Stokes Valley, Stamenić graduated from the Olé Football Academy and signed for FC Copenhagen in September 2020 following extended trials. Following sporadic appearances for the club, including in the UEFA Champions League, Stamenić departed to join Red Star Belgrade in 2023.
Born in Wellington, Stamenić attended St Patrick's College, Silverstream, Wellington.[1] and came through the ranks of the Olé Football Academy.[2] During this time, Stamenić played for Olé-affiliated club Western Suburbs in the Central Premier League, making his debut in 2017 and reaching the final of the 2018 Chatham Cup.[2]
Following Olé's affiliation with ISPS Handa Premiership side Team Wellington, Stamenić signed for them on 2 October 2019.[2] He made seven league appearances, scoring one goal on 15 December 2019 against Southern United.[3]
Following his standout performances for New Zealand in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and despite interest from Brazilian Série A club Flamengo, Stamenić was invited for a three-week trial at Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen in March 2020. However, following an order from the New Zealand Government for all foreign-based New Zealand citizens to urgently return to the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was forced to abort the trial.[2] FC Copenhagen retained their interest, and Stamenić eventually returned to Denmark, signing for the club's under-19 team on 1 September 2020.[1] [4]
Stamenić made his debut for the first team on 23 November 2020, starting in a 2–1 Superliga loss to Randers FC.[5]
On 9 January 2023, Copenhagen announced they would not be extending his contract, which expired in June 2023, as Stamenić had elected to explore other opportunities.[6]
On 6 February 2023, Red Star Belgrade (Crvena zvezda) announced that they had signed Stamenić on a four-year deal beginning the next season.[7]
On 21 June 2024, Stamenić signed for English Premier League side Nottingham Forest on a five-year deal, immediately joining Super League Greece side Olympiacos on a season-long loan deal.[8] [9]
Stamenić made his first appearance for the New Zealand U-17 team coming off the bench in their 0–5 loss to the Solomon Islands at the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship.[10] He then followed that up starting in New Zealand's next matches against Papua New Guinea in the last pool game,[11] Tahiti in the semi-finals[12] and in the final which saw a rematch against the Solomon Islands that New Zealand won 5–4 on penalties.[13]
Stamenić played all three games for New Zealand in their 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign, finishing third in their group.
Stamenić made his international debut with the senior New Zealand national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Curaçao on 9 October 2021.[14]
Born in New Zealand, Stamenić is of Serbian and Samoan descent.[15] His father is from Novi Sad, Serbia.
| Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Western Suburbs | 2017 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2018 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2019 | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2020 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Team Wellington | 2019–20 | NZFC | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Copenhagen | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| HB Køge (loan) | 2021–22 | Danish 1st Division | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 35 | 2 | ||
| Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Olympiacos (loan) | 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 74 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 87 | 5 | |||
Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stamenić goal.
Western Suburbs
2017, 2019
Copenhagen
Red Star Belgrade