Stipe Bačelić-Grgić (born 16 February 1988 in

Šibenik Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the ...

) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Croatia Zmijavci.

Club career

A product of

HNK 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 ...

youth academy, Bačelić-Grgić was promoted to the squad in July 2006, but failed to break into the first team and earn any appearances the following season. He spent the next three years on loans spells at

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik ( en, Croatian Football Club Šibenik), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, and plays their ...

HNK Trogir HNK Trogir is a Croatian football club, based in town of Trogir on the Croatian coast. Trogir plays home matches at Igralište Batarija. History HNK Trogir was founded in 1912. In 2009 the club fell into financial difficulties and resigne ...

and

NK Međimurje NK Međimurje is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec. The club is named after Međimurje, the region in northern Croatia where Čakovec is located. The club play their home games at the Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec, which has a tota ...

. Upon the end of his last loan at Međimurje he was released by Hajduk in June 2009 and joined his hometown club Šibenik the following month on a free transfer. In December 2011, he terminated his contract with

through arbitration. In January 2012, Bačelić-Grgić signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Istra 1961.

International career

Bačelić-Grgić was also capped a total of 25 times and scored 10 goals for Croatia's U-16, U-17 and U-19 teams between 2003 and 2006, and was a regular member of the squad which won fourth place at the 2005 European Under-17 Championship.

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* 1988 births Living people Footballers from Šibenik Men's association football midfielders Croatian footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Šibenik players HNK Trogir players NK Međimurje players NK Istra 1961 players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Puskás Akadémia FC players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers NK Slaven Belupo players Croatian Football League players Belgian Pro League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub