Saša Balić (; born 29 January 1990) is a Montenegrin professional

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who plays as a defender for Bokelj and the Montenegro national team.

Club career

Balić started his career at

FK Bokelj FK Bokelj is a Montenegrin professional football club based in the coastal town of Kotor. They currently compete in the Montenegrin First League. History History of Bokelj started at the second decade of 20th century. The team was founded on 30 ...

before moving to the Serbian side

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

where he spent the 2007–08 season before moving to

FK Grbalj Omladinski fudbalski klub Grbalj (, ) is a Montenegrin professional football club based in the small town of Radanovići, municipality of Kotor. They currently compete in the Montenegrin Second League. History The first football club in Radanov ...

in July 2008. After spending a season with Grbalj, he was released in June 2009 and later joined Croatian side

NK Inter Zaprešić Nogometni klub Inter Zaprešić was a Croatian professional football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb. The team were nicknamed ''Keramičari'' (The ceramics makers), because they were sponsored by a ceramics fa ...

in November 2009, although his transfer will come into effect during the winter transfer period so he will be eligible to play for Inter after the winter break of the 2009–10 season. In late February 2012 Balić signed a four-year contract with FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. On 27 July 2017, he signed a contract with

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. On 25 May 2022, after five years at the club, which included Balić serving as the team's

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in 2021, it was announced he would leave Zagłębie at the end of June 2022. On 21 June 2022, Balić joined newly promoted

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

club

Korona Kielce Korona Kielce (, Korona – ''Crown'' – symbol of club and city, Kielce – name of city where club is based) is a Polish professional football club based in Kielce, competing in Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season. From 2002 to ...

, signing a one-year contract. He left the club by mutual consent on 1 March 2023.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a March 2011

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against

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and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring no goals.

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* * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Kotor Men's association football fullbacks Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's youth international footballers Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Montenegro men's international footballers OFK Beograd players OFK Grbalj players NK Inter Zaprešić players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players FK Sarajevo players CFR Cluj players Zagłębie Lubin players Korona Kielce players FC Dinamo Batumi players FK Dečić players FK Bokelj players Serbian SuperLiga players Montenegrin First League Croatian Football League players Ukrainian Premier League players Liga I players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Erovnuli Liga players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Poland Long stubs with short prose {{Montenegro-footy-bio-stub