Đorđe Babalj ( sr-Cyrl, Ђopђe Бaбaљ; born May 3, 1981) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

retired

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

who last played for

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier Se ...

in the Serbian SuperLiga.

Club career

Born in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

(in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

), he moved with his parents to Apatin (in

) as a child. He started his youth career playing for local team

FK Mladost Apatin OFK Mladost APA () is a football club based in Apatin, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Vojvodina League North, the fourth tier of the national league system. History The original club was founded in 1928 as SK Tri zvezde. They played qu ...

. After three years he signed his first professional contract for the same football club and remained faithful to this club for 11 years. He contributed in placing Mladost in the First League of FR Yugoslavia twice, which was the greatest achievement of that club until then in its history. At that time, he was invited to the U-19 Serbia and Montenegro national team, but only played two matches during his year as its member. In the summer of 2006 he left Mladost and the following two years he played for

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

from Novi Sad, and

in the Serbian SuperLiga, following also spells abroad with Hungarian

Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Football Club (), commonly known as Zalaegerszegi TE, Zalaegerszeg or ZTE, is a football club from the city of Zalaegerszeg in Hungary. Zalaegerszeg has won one Hungarian League title in 2002. History ZTE traces its r ...

and Bosnian

FK Laktaši Fudbalski klub Laktaši (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Лакташи) is a football club based in the town of Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It competes in the Second League of Republika Srpska. The club was ...

. In the summer of 2009, he joined

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian team Shahrdari Tabriz F.C. During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, he returned to Serbia by signing with his former team FK Borac Čačak.Promovisana prva pojačanja
at FK Borac Čačak official website, 13-1-2012

References

External links

Djordje Babalj
Official website
Đorđe Babalj
at Utakmica.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Babalj, Djordje 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Sarajevo Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Serbia Yugoslav Wars refugees Association football goalkeepers Serbia and Montenegro footballers Serbian footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina footballers FK Mladost Apatin players FK Vojvodina players FK Borac Čačak players Zalaegerszegi TE players FK Laktaši players Shahrdari Tabriz players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian SuperLiga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Azadegan League players Serbian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Iran Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Iran