Saša Balić

Saša Balić (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Балић; born 29 January 1990) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a defender. 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
Place of birth Kotor, SR Montenegro,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back
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)
2022–2023 Korona Kielce 11 (0)
International career‡
Montenegro U19
Montenegro U21
2011– Montenegro 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 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] He left the club by mutual consent on 1 March 2023.[9]

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.[10] His final international was a November 2020 friendly match against Kazakhstan.[11]

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 1000–10
Grbalj 2008–09 9000–90
Inter Zaprešić 2009–10 11100–111
2010–11 22220–242
2011–12 14020–160
Total 4734000513
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2011–12 5000–50
2012–13 9000–90
Total 1400000140
Metalurh Zaporizhya 2013–14 13010–140
2014–15 20020–220
Total 3303000360
Târgu Mureș 2015–16 2403120241
FK Sarajevo 2016–17 15140–191
Career total 1444141201555

International
As of 20 September 2022
National teamYearAppsGoals
Montenegro
201130
201210
201450
201530
202010
202210
Total140

References
  1. Balić: “Czasami już w chwili wyjścia z szatni dostaję żółtą kartkę” weszlo.com
  2. Saša Balić at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Sasa Balic". weltfussball.de. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  4. Vlahović, Nikola (19 November 2009). "Inter se pojačao" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  5. ""Кривбасс" подписал игрока сборной Черногории". ua-football.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  6. "Saša Balić w Zagłębiu Lubin" (in Polish). 90minut. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  7. "Saša Balić żegna się z Miedziowymi" (in Polish). Zagłębie Lubin. 25 May 2022.
  8. "Saša Balić zagra w Koronie Kielce!" (in Polish). Korona Kielce. 21 June 2022.
  9. "Saša Balić odchodzi z Korony" (in Polish). Korona Kielce. 1 March 2023.
  10. "Montenegro - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  11. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 29 July 2020.


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