Jurica Buljat

Jurica Buljat
	Buljat with Hajduk Split in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	19 September 1986 (age 38)
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
2004–2005	Zadar
2005–2011	Hajduk Split
2011–2012	Maccabi Haifa
2013	NK Zadar
2013–2014	Energie Cottbus
2014–2015	NK Zadar
2015	Metalist Kharkiv
2016	Bunyodkor
2017	Pakhtakor Tashkent
2017	BATE Borisov
2018	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2019	Inter Zaprešić
2020	Hetten
2021–2022	HNK Zadar
2022–	NK Novalja
International career
2004	Croatia U18
2004–2005	Croatia U19
2006	Croatia U20
2006	Croatia U21
2010	Croatia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:08, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

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

Club career

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

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

Club

As of match played 26 November 2016^[8]^[9]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zadar	2003–04	1. HNL	6	0			-		-		-		6	0
	2004–05	1. HNL	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

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

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

References

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

External links

Jurica Buljat at the Croatian Football Federation

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[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.

[NFT_Stats-9] "Jurica Buljat". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

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