Šime Gržan (born 6 April 1994) is a Croatian professional

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who plays for

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Club career

Gržan went through all the ranks of his hometown club

NK Zadar Nogometni klub 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 almost twenty years. Histor ...

's academy, debuting for the first team shortly after his 17th birthday, on 14 May 2011, coming in the 82nd minute of the home 0-0 draw against

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for

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. He continued featuring for the first team until the end of 2013. He scored his only goal for

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in March 2013, the game winner against

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb (), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the country's top division. Founded in 19 ...

, to Begonja's assist. In the 2013–14 winter transfer period Gržan and teammate Begonja moved together to Lokomotiva. Two years later, Gržan moved on to

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. After almost of two years playing at Istra, Gržan left the club and signed for

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club

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 ...

on 29 December 2017. He won the league title with Zrinjski in the 2017–18 season. He left Zrinjski on 1 February 2019. The same day that Gržan left Zrinjski, he signed for

NK GOŠK Gabela Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football, football club based in Gabela, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gabela, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian language, Croatian, is the abbreviation of "Gabeoski Omladinski ...

. He made his first appearance for GOŠK on 23 February 2019, in a 1–0 away loss against

FK Mladost Doboj Kakanj Fudbalski klub Mladost Doboj Kakanj, commonly referred to as simply Mladost (), is a professional association football club from the village of Doboj near the town of Kakanj that is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club currently p ...

. He scored his first goal for GOŠK on 24 April 2019, in a 1–2 home loss against

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 May 2019, after the end of the season and after the relegation of GOŠK to the First League of FBiH, Gržan decided to leave the club. On 25 January 2022, Gržan joined

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in Hungary on loan until the end of the season.

International career

Gržan represented

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on various youth levels. He was part of the Croatia U18 and Croatia U19 teams, featuring in 9 and 6 games respectively for them. Gržan was also a part of the Croatia U21 team,Gračan okuplja U-21 reprezentaciju: "Želimo se što bolje upoznati prije kvalifikacija koje počinju u rujnu"
at crosport but didn't feature in any game for them.

Honours

Player

Club

Zrinjski Mostar *

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 ...

: 2017–18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grzan, Sime 1994 births Living people Footballers from Zadar Men's association football wingers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Zadar players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players NK Istra 1961 players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players NK GOŠK Gabela players NK Osijek players Zalaegerszegi TE players HNK Šibenik players Croatian Football League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary 21st-century Croatian sportsmen