Marko Mlinarić (born 1 September 1960) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Nicknamed Mlinka, he was part of the Dinamo Zagreb squad that won the 1981–82 Yugoslav First League.
[1] He made his debut for them against Osijek on 8 April 1978 and played a total of 530 matches for them, official and unofficial.
He made his debut for Yugoslavia in an April 1983 friendly match away against France, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Mehmed Baždarević, and earned a total of 17 caps, scoring 1 goal.
According to Mlinarić, he disqualified himself for the 1984 European Football Championships because he chose to do his military service that year.