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Marijan Jurac

Early Life

Marijan Jurac is a native Croatian who was born on December 3, 1990. He is the son of Katarina and Marinko Jurac. Marijan currently lives in Greenwich, CT were he grew up. He has two sisters, Stefanie and Marina Jurac (Croatia), and one brother Sime Jurac.

Soccer Career Marijan is a Center midfielder/foward who played for travel leagues as a young player and eventually entered the New York Redbulls MLS Academy at the age of 14 and played until the age of 18. He went from a sub. to a starter at the NY Redbulls and learned alot of his soccer trade there. Marijan played varsity at Greenwich High School all four years were he recieved several honors. He captained Greenwich High School his senior year. Every summer Marijan would train for NK Zadar in Zadar, Croatia. At the age of 18, still playing for the Redbull, Marijan was givin a 2 week trail with Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb were he was liked enough to be invited to a summer tournament with Dinamo's reserve team Lokomotivo. Marijan was recruited to play for Quinnipiac university and is currently a freshman. Marijan still hopes to persue a Professional career. He is seen as a rising talent for the Croatian - American Community.

Honors 2006-07: All FCIAC West 2007-08: All FCIAC 2008-09: All FCIAC, MVP, Players Player of the year, Leading goal scorer (13), Leading assists(10), Picked for CT All Star game which he recieved MVP.