D.M. WOMEN · PLAYER PROFILE
Tijana Žarković
CEN. DEFENDER · GÓRNIK ŁĘCZNA
SERBIA
Career:
2026 – 2027 Gornik Leczna (Poland)
2026 – 2026 St. Mihaly (Hungary)
2025 – 2026 Fatih Vatan (Turkey)
2024 – 2025 ALG Spor (Turkey)
2021 – 2024 Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
Palmares:
2025/26 Season Highlights
- 2nd part of Championship, Zarkovic played all matches like starter for St.Mihaly Szeged in Hungary.
- Helped St. Mihály achieve 5th place in the 2025/26 season – the best league finish in the club’s history
- Zarkovic played all matches in first halfseason in Turkish Championship for Fatih Vatan.
2024/25 – Zarkovic played 21 matches in Turkish Championship (1.800 minuts), scored 1 goal, and she has 1 assists for ALG Spor.
National team of Serbia U19
Titles: 1x Championship with Red Star (2023/24) and 1x CUP with Red Star (2023/24).
2023/24 – Zarkovic played 20 matches in Championship, all like starter, scored 1 goal, and she has 3 assists for Red Star.
Tijana is modern, fast defender with exceptional explosive power, very good in head play, excellent body composition (8.6% body fat), high skeletal muscle mass, very low visceral fat and perfect segmental balance.
Popularly called The Gladiator, Tijana achieved the highest speed of all defenders in the entire Turkish league.
In Poland, Catapult data measured Tijana at an impressive top speed of 31.47 km/h, confirming her elite athletic profile.
Stats for 2024/25, Turkish Super league
