Josip Balatinac

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Josip Balatinac

Full name	Josip Balatinac
Date of birth	March 7, 1979 (1979-03-07) (age 29)
Place of birth	Kneževo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70m
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-2006 2006-2007	NK Osijek Hajduk Split	202 (29) 3 (0)
National team
2006	Croatia U21 Croatia	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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.[1] He has also represented his country at under-21 and under-19 levels.

[edit] 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