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Bosnian footballer (born 1981) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dragan Blatnjak (born 1 August 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Croatian club Zadar.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 August 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Studenci, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zadar (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1997 | Jadran LP | ||
1998 | Zagreb | ||
1998 | Jadran LP | ||
1999–2000 | HNK Grude | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Brotnjo Čitluk | 40 | (18) |
2001–2003 | Zadar | 37 | (12) |
2003–2006 | Hajduk Split | 91 | (17) |
2006–2010 | FC Khimki | 74 | (7) |
2010–2012 | Rostov | 59 | (6) |
2013 | Osijek | 9 | (0) |
International career | |||
2002–2007 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2017–2018 | Primorac Biograd | ||
2018 | Zadar | ||
2019 | Zagora Unešić | ||
2021–2022 | Zadar (assistant) | ||
2022– | Zadar | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Previously Blatnjak played for Russian club FC Khimki (until 2010)[1] and Hajduk Split in the Croatian First League.
He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a March 2002 friendly match away against Macedonia and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals.[2] His final international was an October 2007 European Championship qualification match against Norway.[3]
After first being an assistant coach at the club, Blatnjak was named manager of Zadar in December 2022.[4]
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