{{short description|Albanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Herald Marku | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|5|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Laç, Albania | height = 1.88 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Flamurtari | clubnumber = 21 | youthyears1 = 2011–2012 | youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tirana | youthyears2 = 2012–2014 | youthclubs2 = Partizani | years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = Partizani | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = → Tërbuni (loan) | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = Ludwigsfelder FC | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = 1. FC Frankfurt II | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Ludwigsfelder FC | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = Kastrioti | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2019–2021 | clubs7 = Vllaznia | caps7 = 63 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = Partizani | caps8 = 27 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2022–2023 | clubs9 = Vllaznia | caps9 = 35 | goals9 = 7 | years10 = 2023–2024 | clubs10 = UTA Arad | caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2024– | clubs11 = Flamurtari | caps11 = 58 | goals11 = 8 | nationalyears1 = 2022– | nationalteam1 = Albania | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 13 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 9 November 2022 }}
'''Herald Marku''' (born 18 May 1996) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Albanian club Flamurtari.<ref>{{Soccerway|herald-marku/294680|accessdate=10 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fshf.org/garat/components/lojtar.php?player_id=233996|title=Herald Marku profile|publisher=FSHF.org|language=Albanian|accessdate=5 January 2018|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106075727/http://www.fshf.org/garat/components/lojtar.php?player_id=233996|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Club career== On 17 June 2021, Partizani announced to have signed Marku on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syri.net/sport/430525/zyrtare-herald-marku-firmos-per-2-sezone-me-partizanin/|title=Zyrtare/ Herald Marku firmos për 2 sezone me Partizanin|trans-title=Official/ Herald Marku signs with Partizani for 2 seasons|publisher=Syri.net|language=sq|date=17 June 2021|access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
On 29 June 2022, Marku joined Vllaznia by signing a one-year contract with an option of another one, thus returning to the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shkodrasport.com/zyrtare-herald-marku-firmos-me-vllaznine/|title=ZYRTARE/ Herald Marku firmos me Vllazninë|trans-title=Official/ Herald Marku signs with Vllaznia|publisher=Shkodra Sport|language=sq|date=29 June 2022|access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>
On 12 July 2023, Marku joined Romanian club UTA Arad, on a contract valid for the next two seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uta-arad.ro/stiri/herald-marku-este-noul-mijlocas-central-al-batranei-doamne|title=HERALD MARKU ESTE NOUL MIJLOCAȘ CENTRAL AL BĂTRÂNEI DOAMNE!|trans-title=HERALD MARKU IS THE OLD LADY'S NEW MIDFIELDER!|publisher=uta-arad.ro|language=ro|access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref>
==International career== ===Albania U17=== Marku received his first Albania under-17 call-up by manager Džemal Mustedanagić for a friendly tournament developed in August 2012 in Romania.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://asport.al/kombetarja-u17-nis-sot-turneun-miqesor-ne-rumani/|title=Kombëtarja U17, nis sot turneun miqësor në Rumani|trans-title=U17 national team, begins today the friendly tournament in Romania|publisher=aSport.al|language=Albanian|date=6 August 2012|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106071305/http://asport.al/kombetarja-u17-nis-sot-turneun-miqesor-ne-rumani/|archive-date=6 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|9 November 2022}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="1"|Albania |2022||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||1||0 |}
==Honours== '''Vllaznia''' *Albanian Cup: 2020–21 *Albanian Supercup runner-up: 2022
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|herald-marku|new_id=pe511691}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marku, Herald}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:People from Laç Category:Footballers from Lezhë County Category:Albanian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Albania men's international footballers Category:FK Partizani Tirana players Category:KF Tërbuni Pukë players Category:1. FC Frankfurt players Category:KS Kastrioti players Category:KF Vllaznia players Category:FC UTA Arad players Category:Flamurtari FC players Category:Kategoria Superiore players Category:Kategoria e Parë players Category:Liga I players Category:Albanian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Category:Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Category:21st-century Albanian sportsmen
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