
Photo: Антон Зайцев / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
A 192 cm centre-forward from a small Montenegrin town, now leading the line for Hapoel Jerusalem, is exactly the kind of journeyman striker I find quietly compelling. Born in 2000, Rakonjac still has his best years ahead, and what interests me is the route he has taken: leaving the Balkans to chase goals in the Israeli Premier League, adapting to a new language and football culture. Tall strikers get praised for aerial duels, but I respect the unglamorous graft just as much. He may never be a household name, but players who keep grinding abroad to carve out a place earn my genuine admiration.
Overview
Marko Rakonjac (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Ракоњац; born 25 April 2000) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Jerusalem.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marko Rakonjac
- Name (Japanese)
- マルコ・ラコニャツ
- Reading
- まるこ・らこにゃつ
- Born
- April 25, 2000 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Bijelo Polje Municipality, Montenegro
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 192 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Montenegro →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.