Andrej Mrkela

{{Short description|Serbian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Andrej Mrkela

| image =

| fullname = Andrej Mrkela

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|4|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Enschede, Netherlands

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| position = Right midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Red Star Belgrade

| years1 = 2008–2011

| clubs1 = Red Star Belgrade

| caps1 = 2

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2009

| clubs2 = → Sopot (loan)

| caps2 = 13

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = → OFK Beograd (loan)

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010

| clubs4 = → Sopot (loan)

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2011–2013

| clubs5 = Rad

| caps5 = 25

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2013

| clubs6 = → Eskişehirspor (loan)

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2013–2016

| clubs7 = Spartak Subotica

| caps7 = 72

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2017–2018

| clubs8 = Bežanija

| caps8 = 26

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2018

| clubs9 = Poli Timișoara

| caps9 = 5

| goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 150 | totalgoals = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = Serbia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 9 December 2018

| ntupdate = 27 March 2013

}}

Andrej Mrkela (Serbian Cyrillic: Андреј Мркела; born 9 April 1992) is a Serbian footballer.[http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/bursa-transferurilor/acs-poli-a-transferat-doi-sarbi-unul-fara-realizari-nici-macar-in-liga-a-3-a-din-romaniei-17313127 ACS Poli a transferat doi sârbi, unul fără realizări nici măcar în Liga a 3-a din României]. liga2.prosport.ro {{in lang|ro}}

Mrkela signed a one-year loan deal (with an option to buy) with Turkish Süper Lig giants Eskişehirspor on 26 December 2012. He was accompanied by the signing of Goran Čaušić on the same day.{{cite web|publisher=eskisehirspor.org|title=Čaušić ve Mrkela Eskişehirspor'da|url=http://www.eskisehirspor.org/haberler.asp?id=1163|access-date=2012-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101223158/http://www.eskisehirspor.org/haberler.asp?id=1163|archive-date=2013-11-01|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

He is the son of former footballer Mitar Mrkela and actress and politician Lidija Vukićević.[http://www.sport.novosti.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2916:andrej-mrkela-zvezdin-debitant&catid=90:-super-liga-n&Itemid=120 Andrej Mrkela zvezdin debitant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007081727/http://www.sport.novosti.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2916:andrej-mrkela-zvezdin-debitant&catid=90:-super-liga-n&Itemid=120 |date=2011-10-07 }} {{in lang|sr}} He was born in Enschede, Netherlands, where his father played for FC Twente at the time.

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