Marcelo Cop

Left Wingback - HNK Gorica U18
22 Nov 2027
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Marked for Marcelo Cop

41 Edition

The HNK Gorica Herald

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad10 May 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Bruno Bogojević

33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. HNK Gorica lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad10 May 2027

HNK Gorica count the cost of losing Jakov Pranjić

25 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad10 May 2027

The step up is real for Marcelo Cop

At 17 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

The dugout10 May 2027

The manager makes an example of Jakov Filipović

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market10 May 2027

HNK Gorica promote Matej Orsic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matej Orsic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 May 2027

One of our own: Mislav Majer joins the HNK Gorica first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mislav Majer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 May 2027

HNK Gorica promote Marin Petkov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marin Petkov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 May 2027

One of our own: Mateo Barisic joins the HNK Gorica first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mateo Barisic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Loan watch10 May 2027

Ivan Cvijanović wants to come home

“I did not go to Sesvete to sit and watch. I want to come back to HNK Gorica and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

In brief

Back issues
38 Edition

The HNK Gorica Herald

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Apr 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Darijan Žarkov

32 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. HNK Gorica lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad19 Apr 2027

A falling-out at HNK Gorica

Zvonimir Šarlija and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

The manager makes an example of Mateo Leš

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Loan watch19 Apr 2027

Bartol Kardum counts the days

“I watch every HNK Gorica game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Karlovac 1919 runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad19 Apr 2027

Marcelo Cop signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marcelo Cop commits to HNK Gorica for another 4 years.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

Dušan Stevanović knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HNK Gorica, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market19 Apr 2027

The Davor Matijaš question follows HNK Gorica around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Davor Matijaš’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

David Virgili has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at HNK Gorica will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

A door opens for Ante Erceg

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

32 Edition

The HNK Gorica Herald

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad8 Mar 2027

Zvonimir Šarlija signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Zvonimir Šarlija and HNK Gorica agree another 3 years.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Words exchanged at HNK Gorica

Patrik Mijić and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market8 Mar 2027

Marco Lovren steps up from the HNK Gorica academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marco Lovren has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market8 Mar 2027

One of our own: Tomislav Babic joins the HNK Gorica first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tomislav Babic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market8 Mar 2027

HNK Gorica promote Marco Orsic from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marco Orsic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market8 Mar 2027

One of our own: Marcelo Cop joins the HNK Gorica first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcelo Cop is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout8 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Mario Mladenovski

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad8 Mar 2027

Tom Lacoux still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at HNK Gorica would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Loan watch8 Mar 2027

The goals keep arriving from Fran Stunja’s exile

6 goals in 26 games at NK Krsko — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at HNK Gorica updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

In brief