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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]

Saša Balić

Personal information
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

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 May 2017

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		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

International

As of 20 September 2022

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Montenegro
	2011	3	0
	2012	1	0
	2014	5	0
	2015	3	0
	2020	1	0
	2022	1	0
Total	14	0

References

External links

• Saša Balić at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

На других языках

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- [en] Saša Balić

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[fr] Saša Balić

Saša Balić est un footballeur international monténégrin, né le 29 janvier 1990 à Kotor. Il évolue au poste d'arrière gauche au Zagłębie Lubin.

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[it] Saša Balić

Saša Balić (Cattaro, 29 gennaio 1990) è un calciatore montenegrino, difensore dello Zagłębie Lubin.

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[ru] Балич, Саша

Са́ша Ба́лич (черног. Саша Балић; 29 января 1990, Котор, СФРЮ) — черногорский футболист, защитник клуба «Заглембе» и национальной сборной Черногории.

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