Josip Balatinac

Football player infobox
playername = Josip Balatinac


fullname = Josip Balatinac
height = 1.70m
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|3|7
cityofbirth = Kneževo
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
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position = Midfielder
youthyears =
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years = 1997-2006 2006-2007
clubs = NK Osijek Hajduk Split
caps(goals) = 202 (29) 3 (0)
nationalyears =
2006
nationalteam = Croatia U21
flagicon|Croatia Croatia
nationalcaps(goals) =
1 (0)
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Josip Balatinac (born March 7, 1979) is a Croatian football midfielder. He made one appearance for the Croatia national football team, against South Korea at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup tournament on January 29, 2006. [http://www.hkfa.com/en/match_result.php?match_date=2006-01-29] He has also represented his country at under-21 and under-19 levels.

Career

In 1997 Balatinac joined NK Osijek coming through youth ranks of famous Osijek youth football academy. He spent nine seasons with NK Osijek where he gradually became one of best players. In summer 2006 Balatinac was supposed to join SV Pasching.It's still unclear did Balatinac signed the contract and then went AWOL or did he never even signed for Austrian team. However Balatinac came back from Austria after few days claiming he's homesick and continue to prepare for new season with NK Osijek. Few weeks after he signed with Hajduk Split. He cancelled his contract with Hajduk Split before 2006/07 season end and he's currently with NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the second Croatian ligue

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=16192 National Football Teams - Balatinac, Josip Player Details]
* [http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=en&w=statistike&d=prisutnost&repka=A&id=6142 Croatian Football Federation: Statistics - Josip Balatinac]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/27528/josipbalatinac/leistungsdaten.html Josip Balatinac] at transfermarkt.de (German)