Husein Balić (born 15 February 1996) is an Austrian professional

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 ...

who plays as a winger for

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

club

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ice ...

Club career

He made his Austrian Football Bundesliga debut for

SKN St. Pölten Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten currently play in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian footbal ...

on 23 September 2017 in a game against

FC Admira Wacker Mödling Fußballklub Flyeralarm Admira Wacker Mödling, also known as Flyeralarm Admira for sponsorship reasons or simply Admira, is a football club from Mödling, Austria. The club was originally formed in 1905 as ''SK Admira Wien'' in the Austrian cap ...

LASK

On 23 December 2019,

LASK Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional football club, from the Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Footbal ...

confirmed that Balić had joined the club on a contract until the summer 2024.

ŁKS Łódź

On 10 January 2024, Balić joined Polish

side

on a contract until June 2025, with an option for another year. He scored on his debut in a 2–1 away league defeat against

Korona Kielce Korona Kielce, , (Korona – ''Crown'' – symbol of club and city, Kielce – name of city where club is based) is a Polish football club, which will compete in Ekstraklasa in the 2022–23 season. In the years 2002–08 the club ...

on 12 February.

International career

Born in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, Balić is of Bosnian descent and was born to a Bosniak family. He made his debut for

Austria national football team The Austria national football team (german: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußbal ...

on 11 November 2020 in a friendly game against

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

. He substituted

Valentino Lazaro Valentino Lando Lazaro (born 24 March 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder and full-back for club Torino, on loan from Inter Milan. He also plays for the Austria national team. Club career Lazaro was b ...

in the 58th minute.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Balic, Husein 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Steyr Footballers from Upper Austria Austrian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Austrian men's footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austria men's international footballers Men's association football wingers SK Vorwärts Steyr players SKN St. Pölten players LASK players ŁKS Łódź players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian Regionalliga players Ekstraklasa players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Poland