| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ivan Borna Jelić Balta | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Slaven Belupo | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Bjelovar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Bjelovar | ||
| 2012–2013 | Mladost Ždralovi | ||
| 2014–2015 | SV Hellas 94 Bietigheim | ||
| 2015–2016 | Stuttgarter Kickers II | 19 | (0) |
| 2016 | Mladost Ždralovi | ||
| 2017 | Rudeš | 10 | (1) |
| 2018 | Varaždin | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | Arsenal Kyiv | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Koper | 70 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Wisła Kraków | 16 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Sarajevo (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2023– | Sarajevo | 1 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Slaven Belupo (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 | |||
Ivan Borna Jelić Balta (born 17 September 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Croatian Football League club Slaven Belupo on loan from Sarajevo.[1] Primarily a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a centre-back.[2]
Born in Zagreb, Jelić Balta is a native of Bjelovar[3] where he went through the school of the local NK Bjelovar, joining the ranks of the third-tier first team in 2010. After two seasons, he joined local rivals Mladost Ždralovi in the same tier, which ended up winning the 2012–13 season of the Croatian Third League.
After that, he played for lower division clubs in Germany until his return to Croatia. In July 2018, he signed a contract with newly promoted Ukrainian Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv.[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stuttgarter Kickers II | 2015–16 | Oberliga Baden-Württemberg | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Rudeš | 2016–17 | Croatian Second League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | Croatian First League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Varaždin | 2017–18 | Croatian Second League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Arsenal Kyiv | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Koper | 2019–20 | Slovenian Second League | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 1 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| Total | 70 | 4 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 81 | 6 | |||
| Wisła Kraków | 2022–23 | I liga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Sarajevo (loan) | 2022–23 | Bosnian Premier League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Sarajevo | 2023–24 | Bosnian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Slaven Belupo (loan) | 2023–24 | Croatian Football League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 150 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 169 | 7 | ||
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