Ante Jazić (born February 26, 1976) is a Canadian retired

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player.

Club career

Youth

Growing up in Bedford, Jazić started his soccer career as a youth player for Scotia Soccer Club. As a senior level, he played for one the nation's strongest amateur teams at the time, Halifax King of Donair, and a year with

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

in which he was named All-Canadian CIAU.

Professional

Jazić began his professional career by joining

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac Nogometni klub Hrvatski dragovoljac ( en, Football Club Hrvatski dragovoljac), commonly referred to as NK Hrvatski dragovoljac or simply Hrvatski dragovoljac, is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's c ...

in 1997 after a successful try-out arranged by an uncle in Croatia. After two years with Dragovoljac, he joined

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club

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

for the 1999-00 and 2000–01 seasons. Jazić then played four seasons with

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in the

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. He played for

FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the R ...

in the

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in the 2006 season. Kuban were relegated to the Russian First Division for 2005. On June 27, 2006, he signed a contract with

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, where he would spend the next two years. On January 15, 2009, Jazić was traded to

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along with the Galaxy's 35th- and 49th-overall picks in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Chivas' second-round pick (19th-overall), which the Galaxy used to select defender

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. Jazić re-signed with Chivas USA for the 2012 season, his fourth with the club, on December 2, 2011. Jazić has worked as head coach of the Canada under-15 national team.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a May 1998 friendly match against Macedonia.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Jazić is married to Annemarie Dillard Jazic, whose family started

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department stores.

Honours

Club

Hajduk Split * Prva HNL: 2000–01 * Croatian Cup: 1999-2000

References

External links

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Ante Jazic Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazic, Ante 1976 births Living people People from Bedford, Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian people of Croatian descent Association football defenders Soccer people from Nova Scotia Canadian soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canadian expatriate soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players HNK Hajduk Split players SK Rapid Wien players FC Kuban Krasnodar players LA Galaxy players Chivas USA players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Russian Premier League players Major League Soccer players Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate soccer players in the United States Dalhousie University alumni