Ante Majstorović (born 6 November 1993) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as defender for

Croatian Football League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

club

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

Club career

Born in

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parents and raised in

Drinovci Drinovci is a village in the municipality of Grude in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geographical location Drinovci is on the southeast side of the Imotski karst field. The population was 2,569 inhabitants according to the 2013 census. Population ...

, Majstorović started his career at the nearby NK Vinjani before moving to the nearby second-tier side

NK Imotski NK Imotski is a Croatian football club based in the town of Imotski, in the region of Dalmatia Dalmatia (; ; ) is a historical region located in modern-day Croatia and Montenegro, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. Through time it f ...

's academy. He made his debut in the

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga (), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League. The 1. NL is ope ...

at age 17, establishing himself as a starter in the club's defense in the spring part of the season. He was immediately signed the following summer by

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split ("Workers' Football Club of Split") commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was fo ...

but loaned back to Imotski, where remained for the two following seasons, which saw the club relegated to

Treća HNL The Croatian Second Football League (), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL, is the third tier of the Croatian football league system. The league was established in 1991, following the dissolution of the Yugoslav League. It is operated by the Croatian F ...

and their immediate return to

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's second tier. The 2014/15 season saw the young centre-back join RNK Split's first-team squad, as the team's fourth choice on his position, behind Nino Galović,

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and

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. He made his

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

debut on 7 November 2014, a day after his 21st birthday, in the 1–0 away loss to

NK Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica. They play in ...

. Majstorović established himself, however, as the first team regular in the autumn part of the 2015/16 season, missing only a single game in the first 11 rounds, due to three yellow cards. On 11 June 2019, Majstorović signed for

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. On 2 March 2021, Majstorović signed for

Shanghai Port The Port of Shanghai ( zh, c=上海港, p=''Shànghǎi Gǎng'' ; Wu; ''Zånhae Kån'') is located in the vicinity of Shanghai, comprises a deep-sea port and a river port. The main port enterprise in Shanghai, the Shanghai International Por ...

for a 3.3 million EUR fee. Two serious injuries however prevented him from playing for the club and he terminated his contract in January 2022.

Career statistics

Honours

Rijeka *

: 2024–25 *

Croatian Football Cup The Croatian Football Cup (), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the HNL championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS ...

: 2024–25

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Majstorovic, Ante 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Grude Footballers from West Herzegovina Canton Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers NK Imotski players RNK Split players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players NK Osijek players Shanghai Port F.C. players NK Istra 1961 players HNK Rijeka players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China 21st-century Croatian sportsmen