Saša Balić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Балић; born 29 January 1990) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce. Besides Montenegro, he has played in Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Poland.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth |
Kotor, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Korona Kielce | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Bokelj | ||
2007–2008 | OFK Beograd | ||
2008–2009 | Grbalj | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | OFK Beograd | 1 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Grbalj | 9 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Inter Zaprešić | 48 | (3) |
2012–2013 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 14 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 36 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Târgu Mureș | 24 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Sarajevo | 19 | (1) |
2017 | CFR Cluj | 0 | (0) |
2017–2022 | Zagłębie Lubin | 130 | (6) |
2018 | → Zagłębie Lubin II | 2 | (1) |
2022– | Korona Kielce | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
Montenegro U19 | |||
Montenegro U21 | |||
2011– | Montenegro | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 |
Balić started his career at FK Bokelj[2] before moving to the Serbian side OFK Beograd where he spent the 2007–08 season before moving to FK Grbalj in July 2008. After spending a season with Grbalj, he was released in June 2009[3] and later joined Croatian side NK Inter Zaprešić in November 2009,[4] although his transfer will come into effect during the winter transfer period so he will be eligible to play for Inter after the winter break of the 2009–10 season.
In late February 2012 Balić signed a four-year contract with FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[5]
On 27 July 2017, he signed a contract with Zagłębie Lubin.[6] On 25 May 2022, after five years at the club, which included Balić serving as the team's captain in 2021, it was announced he would leave Zagłębie at the end of June 2022.[7]
On 21 June 2022, Balić joined newly promoted Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce, signing a one-year contract.[8]
He made his debut for Montenegro in a March 2011 friendly match against Uzbekistan and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring no goals.[9] His final international was a November 2020 friendly match against Kazakhstan.[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
OFK Beograd | 2007–08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
Grbalj | 2008–09 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
Inter Zaprešić | 2009–10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
2010–11 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | ||
2011–12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | ||
Total | 47 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | |
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2011–12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
2012–13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2013–14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||
Total | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
Târgu Mureș | 2015–16 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
FK Sarajevo | 2016–17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |
Career total | 144 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 5 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Montenegro | |||
2011 | 3 | 0 | |
2012 | 1 | 0 | |
2014 | 5 | 0 | |
2015 | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 |
Korona Kielce – current squad | |
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