Ante Jazić (born February 26, 1976) is a Canadian retired

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player.

Club career

Youth

Growing up in Bedford, Jazić started his soccer career as a youth player for Scotia Soccer Club. As a senior level, he played for one the nation's strongest amateur teams at the time, Halifax King of Donair, and a year with

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in which he was named All-Canadian CIAU.

Professional

Jazić began his professional career by joining NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in 1997 after a successful try-out arranged by an uncle in Croatia. After two years with Dragovoljac, he joined Croatian First League club Hajduk Split for the 1999-00 and 2000–01 seasons. Jazić then played four seasons with Rapid Vienna in the

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. He played for FC Kuban Krasnodar in the

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in the 2006 season. Kuban were relegated to the Russian First Division for 2005. On June 27, 2006, he signed a contract with

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, where he would spend the next two years. On January 15, 2009, Jazić was traded to

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along with the Galaxy's 35th- and 49th-overall picks in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Chivas' second-round pick (19th-overall), which the Galaxy used to select defender

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. Jazić re-signed with Chivas USA for the 2012 season, his fourth with the club, on December 2, 2011. Jazić has worked as head coach of the Canada under-15 national team.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a May 1998 friendly match against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Jazić is of Croatian descent. He is married to Annemarie Dillard Jazic, whose family started

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department stores.

Honours

Club

Hajduk Split *

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: 2000–01 * Croatian Cup: 1999-2000

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazic, Ante 1976 births Living people People from Bedford, Nova Scotia Soccer players from Halifax, Nova Scotia Canadian people of Croatian descent Men's association football defenders Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's international soccer players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players HNK Hajduk Split players SK Rapid Wien players FC Kuban Krasnodar players LA Galaxy players Chivas USA players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Russian Premier League players Major League Soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Dalhousie University alumni