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Hrvoje Babec (born 28 July 1999) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Riga in the Latvian Higher League.

Hrvoje Babec

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 23)
Place of birth	Virovitica, Croatia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Gorica
Number	20
Youth career
2008-2011	Virovitica
2011	Osijek
2012-2015	Hypo-Limač
2016-2018	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Metz II	8	(0)
2018–2019	Vihor Jelisavac	24	(7)
2019–2022	Gorica	65	(4)
2022–	Riga	4	(1)
National team‡
2015–2016	Croatia U17	10	(0)
2017	Croatia U18	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:54, 23 March 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:54, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Virovitica, Babec grew up in the nearby village of Brezik, traveling to train with Virovitica. He was noted early by scouts from bigger clubs and moved to NK Osijek. At the start of 2012 Babec then moved to the Hypo-Limač football academy,[1] run by former Croatia internationals Petar Krpan and Matko Babić.[2] After winning the national amateur club U-17 championship with the team, still 15 years old, he was scouted by foreign scouts and went to train with the Belgian RFC Seraing, and, since he couldn't be signed by them,[3] moved forward after half a year later to France, to join the academy of RFC Seraing's partner club, FC Metz.[4]

In Metz, Babec would go on to become the captain of the FC Metz U-19 team,[5][6] getting his first taste of senior football, playing for Metz II. In 2018, following managerial advice, Babec left France, and went on trial with Dinamo Zagreb B, but the transfer fell through.[7] In September 2018, then, looking for minutes, Babec moved to the Croatian third-tier club Vihor Jelisavac for one season.

HNK Gorica

On 14 July 2019, he signed with Gorica.[8] Babec made his professional debut with Gorica in a 1–1 Croatian First Football League win over NK Inter Zaprešić on 20 July 2019.[9]

International career

Babec was born in Croatia, and was called up to represent the Croatia U21 at the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[10]

References

External links

• Hrvoje Babec at Soccerway
• HNS Profile
• WordFootball Profile
• [https://fbref.com/fr/joueurs/fe77168c/ FBREF Profile[

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Hrvoje Babec (Virovitica, 28 luglio 1999) è un calciatore croato, centrocampista dell'HNK Gorica.

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