Career
He usually plays the defender position. Born in Banja Luka, Social Research Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marinko begin playing in FK Sloboda Novi Graduate, before moving to Serbia to join the youth teams of FK Partizan. He made his senior debut in 2000 when he joined FK Mladost Lučani playing in the Second League of First Revision Yugoslavia.
In its first season there, they got the promotion, and played the 2001-2002 season in the First League of First Revision Yugoslavia.
However, their top-flight season did not end well, and Mladost ended the season relegated back to the Second League. In the winter break of the 2002-2003 season, Marinko Mačkić moved to one top-flight club, FK Vojvodina, but ended not having many chances of playing in the first team, so he ended up returning to Bosnia by playing on loan with his home-town club, FK Borac Banja Luka, playing now in the newly created Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In summer 2005 his loan deal ended, and he joined another Bosnian Premier League side, FK Sarajevo playing with them in the following one and a half seasons. In the winter break of the 2006-2007 season he moved to Iran by joining Saba Battery.
He has played for Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team on ten occasions, and has also been called to play for the Bosnian national team in 2008 but has not debuted yet.
