Jurica Buljat (born 19 September 1986) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a defender for

HNK Zadar Hrvatski nogometni klub Zadar ( en, Croatian Football Club Zadar), commonly referred to as HNK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Zadar. It currently plays in the Third Football League. History ...

Club career

On 20 June 2011, Buljat signed a three-year contract with Israeli defending champion

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. Buljat made his debut on

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second qualifying round, 13 July 2011, against

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

. He was released from the Israeli club after one year. Buljat signed for Ukrainian side

FC Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

in February, 2015. 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 FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...

for the 2017 season after having featured 25 times for

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of the same country. On 20 July 2017, he moved to

FC BATE Borisov FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...

of Belarus. On 14 March 2018, Buljat signed a short-term contract with

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side

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

. He left the club at the end of the 2017–18 season.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a May 2010

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away against

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, coming on as a late substitute for

Milan Badelj Milan Badelj (; born 25 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Genoa. He was a member of the Croatian squad that finished runners-up in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as part of the country's sq ...

, and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was an October 2010 friendly against

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Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 October 2010''

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* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Zadar Association football central defenders Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers Croatia international footballers UEFA Euro 2012 players NK Zadar players HNK Hajduk Split players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players FC Energie Cottbus players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Bunyodkor players Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players FC BATE Borisov players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players NK Inter Zaprešić players Hetten FC players Croatian Football League players Israeli Premier League players 2. Bundesliga players Ukrainian Premier League players Uzbekistan Super League players Belarusian Premier League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Saudi First Division League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan Expatriate footballers in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub