Ivan Jelić Balta
Personal information
Full name Ivan Borna Jelić Balta
Date of birth (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sarajevo
Number 5
Youth career
2004–2010 Bjelovar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Bjelovar
2012–2013 Mladost Ždralovi
2014–2015 SV Hellas 94 Bietigheim
2015–2016 Stuttgarter Kickers II 19 (0)
2016 Mladost Ždralovi
2017 Rudeš 10 (1)
2018 Varaždin 8 (0)
2018 Arsenal Kyiv 4 (0)
2019–2022 Koper 70 (4)
2022–2023 Wisła Kraków 16 (0)
2023Sarajevo (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Sarajevo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023

Ivan Borna Jelić Balta (born 17 September 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Sarajevo. Primarily a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back.[1]

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Jelić Balta is a native of Bjelovar[2] where he went through the school of the local NK Bjelovar, joining the ranks of the third-tier first team in 2010. After two seasons, he joined local rivals Mladost Ždralovi in the same tier, which ended up winning the 2012–13 season of the Croatian Third League.

After that, he played for lower division clubs in Germany until his return to Croatia. In July 2018, he signed a contract with newly promoted Ukrainian Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 December 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stuttgarter Kickers II 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 190190
Rudeš 2016–17 Croatian Second League 910091
2017–18 Croatian First League 101020
Total 10110111
Varaždin 2017–18 Croatian Second League 80002[lower-alpha 2]0100
Arsenal Kyiv 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 400040
Koper 2019–20 Slovenian Second League 17130201
2020–21 Slovenian PrvaLiga 241312[lower-alpha 3]1293
2021–22 Slovenian PrvaLiga 29230322
Total 7049121816
Wisła Kraków 2022–23 I liga 16030190
Sarajevo (loan) 2022–23 Bosnian Premier League 13000130
Sarajevo 2023–24 Bosnian Premier League 10002[lower-alpha 4]030
Total 1400020160
Career total 141513120411607

Honours

Rudeš

Koper

References

  1. "Ivan Jelić » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. BJELOVARSKI NOGOMETAŠ U UKRAJINI Ivan Borna Jelić Balta u Arsenalu iz Kijeva at bjelovarac.hr
  3. "Арсенал-Київ заявив п'ятьох легіонерів [Arsenal Kyiv signed a five legionnaires]". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 20 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Ivan Jelić Balta at Soccerway
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