 In four seasons with Stuttgarter Kickers, Marić made 112 Second Bundesliga appearances and scored 42 goals for the club in the league, a half of which was in his final season with the club.Marić went on to leave Stuttgarter Kickers for Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg in the summer of 2000 and became a regular in the team during his first season with the club, making 30 Bundesliga appearances in which he managed to score six goals.He scored his first Bundesliga goal when he netted the fifth goal in VfL Wolfsburg's 6–0 victory over 1.