Delimir Bajić (; born 28 March 1983) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

FK Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional association football, football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika ...

in the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

Club career

Youth career

Born and raised in

Bijeljina Bijeljina ( sr-cyrl, Бијељина) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the provincial center of Semberija, a geographic region in the country's northeast. As of 2013, it has a population of 107,715 ...

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, Delimir began his career as a football player when he was just 11 years old with Velika Obarska-based

FK Mladost Velika Obarska Fudbalski klub Mladost Velika Obarska () is a football club from the village of Velika Obarska, in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. History The club was formed 1948

Mladost Velika Obarska

Delimir continued playing with his parent team as he became a permanent member of the first team squad of the Velika Obarska-based club in 1999.

Radnik Bijeljina

After a long 8-year spell with the Bosnian club, in 2002 he moved back to his hometown Bijeljina where he signed a contract with

FK Radnik Bijeljina Fudbalski klub Radnik Bijeljina ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Радник Бијељина) is a professional association football club based in the city of Bijeljina that is situated in northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays ...

. In his 5-year spell at the Bijeljina-based club, he also helped his team achieve the runners-up position in the 2006-07

Republika Srpska Cup The Cup of Republika Srpska (Serbian Cyrillic: Kуп Peпубликe Cpпcкe, Serbian Latin: Kup Republike Srpske), also just known as the Republika Srpska Cup, is a secondary knockout football competition contested annually by clubs from the e ...

Velež Mostar

In 2007, he signed a one-year contract with one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's top most club,

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...

-based

FK Velež Mostar Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English language, English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football (soccer), football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cl ...

Željezničar Sarajevo

In 2008, he moved to the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

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where he signed a two-year contract with

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English language, English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional Association fo ...

. In his first season with the Sarajevo-based club, he made 12 appearances in the

2008–09 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2008–09 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina () was the ninth season since its establishment and the seventh as a unified country-wide league. It started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009. Modriča were the defending champions. ...

. He made his first appearance in the 2009–10 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 September 2009 in a 0-0 draw against

NK Travnik NK Travnik (), commonly known as Travnik is a professional association football club from the city of Travnik that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Travnik plays in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and ...

and scored his first goal on 21 March 2010 in a 1-1 draw against

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (), colloquially referred to as Zrinjski Mostar or simply Zrinjski, is a Herzegovinian professional Association football, football club, based in Mostar. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and wit ...

. He scored 2 goals in 15 appearances in the 2009-10 season helping his club to win the 2009–10 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the

2009–10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup 2009–10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the fifteenth season of Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and a tenth season of the unified competition. The competition started on 8 September 2009 with the first round and concluded ...

Nassaji Mazandaran

He first moved out of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2010 to

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where he signed a one-year contract with

Azadegan League The Azadegan League (, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 (, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from its foundation in 1991 until 2001, when t ...

club, Nassaji Mazandaran F.C. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 November 2010 in a 2-0 win over Shirin Faraz F.C. and scored another on 25 February 2011 in a 3-0 win over Iranjavan F.C.

Olympiakos Nicosia

In 2011, he moved back to

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and more accurately to

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where he signed a one-year contract with

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

club,

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

. He made his Cypriot First Division debut on 10 September 2011 in a 1-1 draw against

AEK Larnaca F.C. AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club also has a men ...

and scored his first goal on 11 December 2011 in a 3-1 win over

Ermis Aradippou Ermis Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Aradippou, a settlement on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was formed in 1958, and currently plays in the Cypriot Third Division. Ermis' greatest success ca ...

He scored 4 goals in 28 appearances for the

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-based club in the

2011–12 Cypriot First Division The 2011–12 Cypriot First Division was the 73rd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. APOEL were the defending champions. AEL Limassol won the championship one matchweek before t ...

and also made 3 appearances in the

2011–12 Cypriot Cup The 2011–12 Cypriot Cup was the 70th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 28 clubs entered the competition. It began on 30 November 2011 with the first round and concluded on 16 May 2012 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Omonia wo ...

which included a 2-0 win over

Omonia Aradippou Omonia Aradippou () is a Cypriot professional football club based in the Municipality of Aradippou, a settlement in the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. The club was founded on 4 April 1929 and currently they are the Champions of the Cypr ...

in the second leg of the quarter-finals, a 0-1 loss against

Ethnikos Achna FC Ethnikos Achna Football Club (), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot professional football club based in the village of Dasaki Achnas. Founded in 1968, the club currently plays in the Cypriot First Division. Ethn ...

in the first leg of the semi-finals and a 0-0 draw in the return leg of the semi-finals.

Sloboda Užice

In 2012, he moved to

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where he signed a one-year contract with

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club,

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. He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 27 February 2013 in a 2-2 draw against

ŽFK Spartak Subotica ŽFK Spartak Subotica (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ЖФК Спартак Суботица) is women's association football, women's football team from Subotica, Serbia. The team has won ten national championships, including nine i ...

. He made 15 appearances in the

2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga The 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Serbian SuperLiga, the top football league of Serbia. The season began on 26 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. A total of 1 ...

. He made his first appearance in the

2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga The 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Serbian SuperLiga the top tier of league football in Serbia. The title was won by Red Star Belgrade. Teams A total of 16 teams con ...

on 10 August 2013 in a 1-1 draw against the same club ŽFK Spartak Subotica. He made 5 appearances in the 2013-14 season.

Back to Mladost Velika Obarska

In 2014, he returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina and on 11 February 2014 he signed a six-month contract with his parent club, Mladost Velika Obarska. He made his first appearance of the

2013–14 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2013–14 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (known as BH Telecom Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth season of the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the highest Association football, football Bosnia and He ...

on 1 March 2014 in a 1-0 win over

and scored his first goal on 30 March 2014 in a 2-0 win over

NK Zvijezda Gradačac Nogometni klub Zvijezda Gradačac (English: Football Club Zvijezda Gradačac), or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the city of Gradačac. Zvijezda host their home matches at the Banja ...

. He scored 1 goal in 9 appearances in the 2013–14 season of

. He also made 2 appearances in the

2013–14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup The 2013–14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the nineteenth season of Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and a fourteenth season of the unified competition. The winner would have qualified to the second qualifying round of the ...

which included a 0-1 loss against HŠK Zrinjski Mostar in the first leg of the quarter-finals and a 5-1 loss in the return leg of the quarter-finals.

Rad

In July 2014, he returned to Serbia and on 1 July 2014, he signed a six-month contract with another Serbian SuperLiga club,

FK Rad FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2 ...

. He made his debut for the club on 23 August 2014 in a 6-1 win over

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac () is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but h ...

. He made 9 appearances for the

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-based club in the

2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga The 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Serbian SuperLiga, the top football league of Serbia. Teams The league contains 16 teams. 14 teams from the 2013–14 Serbian S ...

. He also made 2 appearances in the

2014–15 Serbian Cup The 2014–15 Serbian Cup season was the ninth season of the Serbian national football tournament. The competition started on 3 September 2014 and concluded with the final on 20 May 2015. The winner of the competition, Čukarički, qualified f ...

, one in a 1-0 win over

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

in the Second Round and another in a 1-0 loss against

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

in the quarter-finals.

Saham

On 16 January 2015, he signed a six-month contract with

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runners-up Saham SC. He made 5 appearances in the

2014–15 Oman Professional League The 2014–15 Oman Professional League (known as the ''Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 39th edition of the top football league in Oman. The season began on 11 September 2014, and concluded on 28 May 2015. Al-Nahda C ...

Later career

After Saham, he again played for Mladost Velika Obarska, again Radnik Bijeljina and

FK Zvijezda 09 Fudbalski klub Zvijezda 09 (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Фудбалски клуб Звијезда 09'') is a professional association football club based in Ugljevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Zvijezda 09 currently plays in the First League of the Repub ...

. Since July 2018, Bajić has been playing for

in the

First League of the Republika Srpska The First League of the Republika Srpska ( / ) is a Association football, football league in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Together with the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it forms the second level of footb ...

. With Borac, he won the 2018–19 First League of RS title and got promoted back to the

Personal life

His older brother,

Branimir Bajić Branimir Bajić (Cyrillic: Бранимир Бајић; born 19 October 1979) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career After playing for Radnik Bijeljina, Bajić was transferred to Partizan in July 2 ...

is a retired

who most of his career spent playing in

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and

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Career statistics

Honours

Radnik Bijeljina *

runner-up: 2006–07 Željezničar Sarajevo *

Bosnian Premier League The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

: 2009–10 Zvijezda 09 * First League of RS: 2017–18 Borac Banja Luka * First League of RS: 2018–19

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