Ana Maria Marković was born in Split, Croatia, and moved with her family to Switzerland when she was 12 years old. Zürich, the picturesque city that became her new home, witnessed the blossoming of a soccer player sensation.
While in Switzerland she featured for U21 squad at FC Zurich for three seasons before making the move to Grasshopper.
She caught the eye of the Croatian Football Federation while playing for Grasshopper and was then called up to play for the Croatia national team.
The 23-year-old admires Luka Modrić, though her favourite player is Cristiano Ronaldo as she admires his discipline.
Ana Maria Marković is often described as the 'world's sexiest soccer player'. “I liked the articles that called me the most beautiful soccer player or one of the most beautiful because it makes me happy to hear that I am beautiful. But then newspaper articles appeared in which I was described as the sexiest soccer player. I didn't like that.”