Ivan Jelić Balta

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Ivan Jelić Balta
Personal information
Full name Ivan Borna Jelić Balta
Date of birth (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Club information
Current team
Wisła Kraków
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2010 Bjelovar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Bjelovar
2012–2013 Mladost Ždralovi
2014–2015 SV Hellas 94 Bietigheim
2015–2016 Stuttgarter Kickers II 19 (0)
2016 Mladost Ždralovi
2017 Rudeš 10 (1)
2018 Varaždin 8 (0)
2018 Arsenal Kyiv 4 (0)
2019–2022 Koper 70 (4)
2022– Wisła Kraków 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2022

Ivan Borna Jelić Balta (born 17 September 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Wisła Kraków. Primarily a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back.[1]

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Jelić Balta is a native of Bjelovar[2] where he went through the school of the local NK Bjelovar, joining the ranks of the third-tier first team in 2010. After two seasons, he joined local rivals Mladost Ždralovi in the same tier, which ended up winning the 2012–13 season of the Croatian Third League.

After that, he played for lower division clubs in Germany until his return to Croatia. In July 2018, he signed a contract with a newly promoted Ukrainian Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ivan Jelić » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ BJELOVARSKI NOGOMETAŠ U UKRAJINI Ivan Borna Jelić Balta u Arsenalu iz Kijeva at bjelovarac.hr
  3. ^ "Арсенал-Київ заявив п'ятьох легіонерів [Arsenal Kyiv signed a five legionnaires]". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 20 July 2018.

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