Ante Blažević

Ante Blažević
Personal information
Date of birth	5 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Split, Croatia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Croatia Zmijavci
Number	13
Youth career
2006–2007	Omladinac Vranjic
2007	Jadran Kaštel Sućurac
2007–2008	Omladinac Vranjic
2008–2014	Hajduk Split
2014–2016	Oostende
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2016	Oostende
2017	Junak Sinj
2017–2018	VfV 06 Hildesheim
2018–2019	Brežice 1919
2019–2020	Čelik Zenica
2020–2022	Željezničar
2022–2023	Levski Sofia
2023–	Croatia Zmijavci
International career
2010	Croatia U14
2010–2011	Croatia U15
2012–2013	Croatia U17
2013–2014	Croatia U18
2014	Croatia U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024

Ante Blažević (born 5 May 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Croatia Zmijavci.

Early career

From Kaštel Sućurac, Blažević practiced athletics^[2] and football, having started his football career at Omladinac Vranjic and Jadran Kaštel Sućurac, before joining the HNK Hajduk Split academy.^[3] A forward, compared to Zlatko Vujović^[3] in his academy years, he became a youth national team player as well, but his stay proved to be rocky due to contract demands, with the player leaving the club for several months during his U17 years and training with GOŠK Kaštela, before returning to the team.^[3] Finally, in 2014, Blažević and his family refused to sign a professional contract with Hajduk, the negotiations having fallen through, the family stating that they felt Blažević wasn't being valued enough by the club, and, on the other side, the club not accepting terms such as one of the highest wages in the club, goal bonuses, guaranteed playing time, free-kick taking priority and others.^[3]^[4] Despite the urging of his agent Tonči Martić to stay at Hajduk,^[3]^[4] Blažević, subsequently admitting impatience, decided to accept an offer from the Belgian side K.V. Oostende.^[3]^[4]

Levski Sofia

On 9 July 2022, he made his official debut for Levski Sofia in the 0:1 loss against CSKA 1948, which was the team's first league match for the 2022-23 season, but after that fell out of favor with coach Stanimir Stoilov and was removed from the first team.^[5]

References

^ "A. Blažević: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Ante Blazevic blijft in de wachtkamer at Neieuwsblad.br
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Otac Ante Blaževića: Nisam imao osjećaj kako ima dobre volje da se mog sina pravilno vrednuje at Slobodna Dalmacija
^ ^a ^b ^c Nestrpljivi Ante Blažević ugrozio karijeru at NogometPlus
^ "Блажевич отново тренира с Левски, но за кратко" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

External links

Ante Blažević at Sofascore

[soccerway-1] "A. Blažević: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[Nieuwsblad-2] Ante Blazevic blijft in de wachtkamer at Neieuwsblad.br

[Slobodna-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Otac Ante Blaževića: Nisam imao osjećaj kako ima dobre volje da se mog sina pravilno vrednuje at Slobodna Dalmacija

[NogometPlus1-4] Nestrpljivi Ante Blažević ugrozio karijeru at NogometPlus

[5] "Блажевич отново тренира с Левски, но за кратко" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

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