Mario Jelavić (born 20 August 1993) is a Croatian football

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, currently a free agent after playing for Zrinski Jurjevac.

Club career

In 2014, Jelavić signed for

Atlético Madrid C Atlético Madrid C was a Spanish football club that played in the Tercera División and played their home games at the ''Nuevo Cerro del Espino''. They were the second reserve team of Atlético Madrid. History Club Names Season to season ---- ...

. Jelavić made his debut for Hajduk, the club he spent four formative seasons with, on 31 July 2011 in a 1–0 defeat against

NK Zadar Nogometni klub Zadar ( en, Football Club Zadar), commonly referred to as NK Zadar or simply Zadar, was a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast, best known for playing in the top flight of Croatian football for almo ...

. It was his only appearance for the 2011-12 season. For the second half of the 2012-13 season, Jelavić went out on loan to

NK Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo ( en, Slaven Belupo Football Club), often referred to as NK Slaven Belupo, Slaven Belupo or simply Slaven, and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city ...

, making 8 appearances of which 3 were in the starting line-up, but didn't score a goal. For the 2014-15 season, Jelavić joined Atvidabergs FF. He scored 13 goals in 12 games for the club's youth side and 1 goal in 19 games for the first team, 1 of those appearances being from the starting line-up. For the 2015-16 season, Jelavić returned to Croatia, joining

NK Solin NK Solin is a Croatian football club based in the town of Solin, near Split, playing in the 2. HNL, the Croatian second division. History Arguably the team's greatest success was winning the 1980–81 Croatian league, which earned Solin promot ...

. He was sent off on debut against Dinamo Zagreb II but scored in his next game against

NK Lučko Nogometni klub Lučko is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb – zapad (New Zagreb-West) district in southwest Zagreb. Founded in 1931 as SK Velebit, shortly after renamed into NK Velebit, it is one of the oldest clubs in its boro ...

. Jelavić spent the 2021/22 season in the

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playing for

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, scoring 11 goals in 26 matches. He moved subsequently to the Slovenian Second Division side

NK Krka Nogometni klub Krka ( en, Krka Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Krka or Krka, is a Slovenian football club based in Novo Mesto that competes in the Slovenian Second League, the second tier of Slovenian football. The team play its home ...

, leaving the club as a free agent in January 2023,Nekadašnji napadač Hajduka je slobodan igrač
at Dalmatinski Portal having scored one goal in twelve matches.

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