Andrija Balić

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Andrija Balić
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Personal information
Full name Andrija Balić
Date of birth (1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Split, Croatia
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 99
Youth career
2004–2007 Dugopolje
2007–2014 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Hajduk Split 32 (6)
2016– Udinese 0 (0)
International career‡
2011 Croatia U14 2 (0)
2012 Croatia U15 2 (0)
2012–2013 Croatia U16 4 (0)
2013 Croatia U17 5 (0)
2014– Croatia U18 3 (0)
2014– Croatia U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2014

Andrija Balić (born 11 August 1997) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Udinese in the Serie A.

Club career

Born in Split but living in nearby Dugopolje,[1] Balić started to train football at the local NK Dugopolje, before moving to the Hajduk Split academy in 2007.

Passing through the ranks, he became a youth international, playing for all Croatian selections between U14 and U19.[2]

In the 2013–14 season he formed a potent midfield partnership for the Hajduk U17 team with Nikola Vlašić, which resulted in the team finishing the first half of the season in first place, without a single loss. The two then received and signed professional contracts,[3] until 2017 and were moved to the U19 team. Balić made his first team debut in the 1–0 home win against RNK Split, coming in the 76th minute of the match for Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov.[4]

He had to wait until December to make his first appearance of the 2014–15 season, but then became a much more prevalent member of the first team. He got his first start for Hajduk on 18 February 2015, in a 3–0 away loss to Rijeka. He scored his first goal for Hajduk on 1 March 2015 in a 2–2 draw against Zadar, helping his side claw a point after being 2–0 down.[5] His bigger impact on the first team led Balić to be rewarded with a new contract ending in mid-2018.[6]

On 1 February 2016 he signed for Udinese in a €4 million deal.[7]

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hajduk Split 2013–14 2 0 – – 2 0
2014–15 14 4 3 2 – 17 6
2015–16 16 2 2 0 8 2 26 4
Total 32 6 5 2 8 2 45 10
Last Update: 18 January 2016[8]

References

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