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Dragan Blatnjak

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Dragan Blatnjak
Blatnjak playing for FC Khimki
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-08-01) 1 August 1981 (age 43)
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

Dragan Blatnjak (born 1 August 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Croatian club Zadar.

Club career

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Previously Blatnjak played for Russian club FC Khimki (until 2010)[1] and Hajduk Split in the Croatian First League.

International career

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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]

Managerial career

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After first being an assistant coach at the club, Blatnjak was named manager of Zadar in December 2022.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Легионеры покидают "Химки" (in Russian). fckhimki.ru. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (16 July 2009). "Bosnia and Herzegovina – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ Dragan Blatnjak novi trener Zadra - Novilist (in Croatian)
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