Karol Marko

{{Short description|Slovak football manager (born 1966)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Karol Marko

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|4|2}}

| birth_place = Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 2001–2002

| clubs1 = Rača

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| manageryears1 = 2006 | managerclubs1 = Trenčín

| manageryears2 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs2 = Jihlava

| manageryears3 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs3 = Příbram

| manageryears4 = 2010 | managerclubs4 = Banská Bystrica

| manageryears5 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs5 = Baník Ostrava

| manageryears6 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs6 = Příbram

| manageryears7 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs7 = Rača

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Karol Marko (born 2 April 1966) is a Slovak football manager and former player.

Marko worked as an assistant coach in several mostly Slovak clubs. His first job as a first coach was at FK AS Trenčín in 2006. In 2007, he moved to the Czech Republic to coach FC Vysočina Jihlava. Two years later he moved to 1. FK Příbram, where he worked for one season, after which he moved back to Slovakia to coach Dukla Banská Bystrica.[http://fotbal.idnes.cz/odchod-z-pribrami-neni-lehky-ale-laka-me-evropska-liga-rika-trener-marko-1m9-/fotbal.asp?c=A100526_083230_fotbal_rou Richard Valoušek: Odchod z Příbrami není lehký, ale láká mě Evropská liga, říká trenér Marko] at MF DNES, 26 May 2010. In November 2010, after the 15th round of the Slovak League, Marko left Banská Bystrica to coach FC Baník Ostrava in the Czech Republic, where he replaced sacked coach Miroslav Koubek.{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/prvoligovych-fotbalistu-ostravy-se-definitivne-ujal-slovensky-trener-marko-187-/fotbal.asp?c=A101108_123948_fotbal_mn|title=Jiří Seidl: Prvoligových fotbalistů Ostravy se definitivně ujal slovenský trenér Marko|language=Czech|date=8 November 2010|work=idnes.cz|accessdate=13 June 2011}} He only oversaw one game of the 2011–12 Gambrinus liga season before becoming the season's first managerial casualty on 30 July 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportovninoviny.cz/fotbal/1liga/zpravy/v-ostrave-skoncil-hned-po-prvnim-kole-trener-marko/669083|title=V Ostravě skončil hned po prvním kole trenér Marko|language=Czech|date=30 July 2011|work=sportovninoviny.cz|accessdate=30 July 2011}} In August 2012 he returned to the Gambrinus liga, taking over at Příbram.{{cite web|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/v-pribrami-odvolali-trenera-vavrusku-d8f-/fotbal.aspx?c=A120829_114239_fotbal_mn|title=V Příbrami odvolali Vavrušku, vrací se slovenský trenér Marko|language=Czech|date=29 August 2012|work=idnes.cz|accessdate=2 September 2012}}