Mario Karlovic is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n association footballer who play for Persebaya 1927

Persebaya 1927

Persebaya 1927 is a major Indonesian soccer team located in Surabaya, East Java. Persebaya generally play in the top league of Liga Indonesia, but in 2010–11 play in Liga Primer Indonesia ....

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Club career

Karlovic commenced his football career at Adelaide City Force however he has spent the majority of his football career playing in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. He previously played for A.S. Cittadella

A.S. Cittadella

Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.-History:Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie...

 in Serie C1

Serie C1

Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....

 before he signed for Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 side Torino FC. At Torino he was immediately loaned out to Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 club FC Chiasso

FC Chiasso

FC Chiasso is a Swiss football club based in Chiasso. It was founded in 1905.Chiasso also played in the Italian first league between 1914 and 1923....

 who were in the third tier

Swiss 1. Liga (football)

1. Liga is the third tier of the Swiss Football League. The division is split into three groups of 16 teams, by geographical region.-Regional Format:...

 of the Swiss football system. Upon his return from his loan spell at FC Chiasso, Torino opted not to renew his contract and he signed for Serie D

Serie D

Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 club AS Viterbese.

Brisbane Roar

On 24 September 2009 it was confirmed by Brisbane Roar manager Frank Farina

Frank Farina

Frank Farina OAM is a retired Australian football player. He most currently coaches the Papua New Guinea national football team....

 that Karlovic would play for the Brisbane based club on a short term contract to cover the loss of Massimo Murdocca

Massimo Murdocca

Massimo Murdocca is an Australian football player who plays as a right or central midfielder for the in the A-League.-Club career:...

 to injury.

External links

• Oz Football profile