Marko Scepovic

Marko Scepovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Шћеповић, pronounced [maːrko ʃtɕepoʋitɕ]; born 23 May 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Omonia.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Belgrade, Scepovic graduated from FK Partizan's youth setup, after stints at Spanish CP Merida and FK Rad. He made his debuts as a senior with FK Teleoptik, the former's farm team, scoring regularly in his second campaign.

Partizan

In the summer of 2010 Scepovic was promoted to the main squad, and signed his first professional contract. In his first season under Aleksandar Stanojevic, he split appearances with fellow forwards, Lamine Diarra, Eduardo Pacheco, and Lazar Markovic.

Scepovic scored his first professional goal on 4 September 2010, netting the last of a 2–0 home success against FK Hajduk Kula. On 29 October of the following year, after netting the second in a 3–1 win against FK Smederevo, he gestured with his finger on his lips to "hush" some spectators in the east tribune of Partizan Stadium which had provoked him during the match. He also scored in Partizan's 2–0 win in the Eternal Derby against Red Star Belgrade on 26 November, being also given the Man of the Match award by Serbian newspaper Sportal.

Armband affair

On 6 August 2013, after captaining Partizan in a 0–1 UEFA Champions League home loss to Ludogorets Razgrad (1-3 aggregate loss), a Grobari leader named Milos "Kimi" Radisavljevic jumped down onto the pitch and removed the armband of Scepovic's arm. On 7 August, the scandal became even more controversial when a media conference was held with Radisavljevic and Scepovic, with the former claiming to the press that he did not "aggressively" take the armband, and that he and the latter were "friends".

In spite of the bizarre media conference and Scepovic passively agreeing with Radisavljevic in the conference, criminologist Zlatko Nikolic of Serbia's Criminal and Social Rese

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