Elvir Baljić

Elvir Baljić
Baljić in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-07-08) 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)
2000–2001Fenerbahçe (loan) 27 (5)
2001–2002Rayo 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.