Elvir Baljić
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Baljić in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 July 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| –1993 | Željezničar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Sarajevo | 11 | (8) |
| 1995–1998 | Bursaspor | 87 | (42) |
| 1998–1999 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | (18) |
| 1999–2002 | Real Madrid | 11 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | → Fenerbahçe (loan) | 27 | (5) |
| 2001–2002 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 21 | (7) |
| 2002–2004 | Galatasaray | 34 | (3) |
| 2005 | Konyaspor | 14 | (2) |
| 2006 | Ankaragücü | 15 | (2) |
| 2006–2008 | Istanbulspor | 25 | (9) |
| Total | 264 | (91) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–2005 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38 | (14) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2014 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Karabükspor | ||
| 2017 | Alanyaspor (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Akhisarspor (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Tuzla City | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Elvir Baljić (Turkish: Elvir Baliç) (born 8 July 1974) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional football manager and former player.
As a player, Baljić's biggest success was winning the UEFA Champions League with Spanish giant Real Madrid in the 1999–2000 season & 2001–02 season despite he played only 1 game in the first part of the season and then loaned out during winter transfer. Apart from the UEFA Champions League success, he also won the Turkish Süper Lig with Fenerbahçe in the 2000–01 season.
After ending his playing career, Baljić became an assistant manager of Safet Sušić at the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, with whom he qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Baljić briefly managed Turkish club Karabükspor in 2015. After Karabükspor, he was also an assistant of Sušić at Alanyaspor in 2017 and Akhisarspor in 2018. Baljić also managed Bosnian club Tuzla City.