Jurica Buljat

Summary

Jurica Buljat (born 19 September 1986) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for NK Novalja.[1]

Jurica Buljat
Buljat with Hajduk Split in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-19) 19 September 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Zadar, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
NK Novalja
Youth career
NK Zemunik
NK Zadar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Zadar 31 (4)
2005–2011 Hajduk Split 98 (2)
2011–2012 Maccabi Haifa 31 (0)
2013 NK Zadar 9 (1)
2013–2014 Energie Cottbus 24 (0)
2014–2015 NK Zadar 8 (2)
2015 Metalist Kharkiv 10 (0)
2016 Bunyodkor 25 (0)
2017 Pakhtakor Tashkent 9 (0)
2017 BATE Borisov 4 (0)
2018 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 7 (0)
2019 Inter Zaprešić 7 (0)
2020 Hetten 0 (0)
2021–2022 HNK Zadar
2022– NK Novalja
International career
2004 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2004–2005 Croatia U19 7 (0)
2006 Croatia U20 2 (0)
2006 Croatia U21 1 (0)
2010 Croatia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career edit

On 20 June 2011, Buljat signed a three-year contract with Israeli defending champion Maccabi Haifa.

Buljat made his debut on 2011–12 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, 13 July 2011, against Borac Banja Luka.

He was released from the Israeli club after one year.

Buljat signed for Ukrainian side FC Metalist Kharkiv in February, 2015.[2] At Metalist, Buljat made 11 appearances. He was released at the end of the season.

On 13 January 2017, Buljat signed for Uzbekistani club Pakhtakor Tashkent for the 2017 season after having featured 25 times for Bunyodkor of the same country.[3] On 20 July 2017, he moved to FC BATE Borisov of Belarus.[4]

On 14 March 2018, Buljat signed a short-term contract with Bulgarian First League side Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[5] He left the club at the end of the 2017–18 season.[6]

International career edit

He made his debut for Croatia in a May 2010 friendly match away against Estonia, coming on as a late substitute for Milan Badelj, and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was an October 2010 friendly against Norway.[7]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 26 November 2016[8][9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zadar 2003–04 1. HNL 6 0 - - - 6 0
2004–05 25 4 - - - 54 4
Total 31 4 - - - - - - 31 4
Hajduk Split 2005–06 1. HNL 3 0 - 0 0 - 3 0
2006–07 17 0 - - - 17 0
2007–08 21 0 - - - 21 0
2008–09 15 0 - 3 0 - 18 0
2009–10 17 0 4 0 - - - 21 0
2010–11 24 2 0 0 - 10 1 1 0 25 3
Total 97 2 - - 13 1 1 0 111 3
Maccabi Haifa 2011–12 Ligat HaAl 31 0 9 1 - 40 1
Zadar 2012–13 1. HNL 9 1 0 0 - 9 1
Energie Cottbus 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 24 0 2 0 - 26 0
Zadar 2014–15 1. HNL 8 2 1 0 - 9 2
Metalist Kharkiv 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 10 0 1 0 - 11 0
Bunyodkor 2016 Uzbek League 25 0 6 0 6 0 - 37 0
Pakhtakor Tashkent 2017 Uzbek League 9 0 0 0 - 9 0
BATE Borisov 2017 Belarusian Premier League 2 0 0 0 4 - 6 0
Career total 246 9 14 0 32 2 1 0 292 11

International edit

Croatia national team
Year Apps Goals
2010 2 0
Total 2 0

Statistics accurate as of match played 12 October 2010[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Buljat, Jurica" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Slobodna Dalmacija - Pentagon spreman rasporediti teško naoružanje na Baltiku i u istočnoj Europi". 13 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Jurica Buljat signs contract with Pakhtakor". UZ Daily. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Jurica Buljat joins FC BATE". FC BATE. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Локомотив подписа договор със защитника Юрица Булят" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 14 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Юрица Булят приключи с Локомотив (Пловдив)" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ "J.Buljat". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Jurica Buljat". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

External links edit