Dragan Blatnjak (born 1 August 1981) is a Bosnian
football
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manager and former player. He is the current manager of Croatian club
Zadar.
Club career
Previously Blatnjak played for Russian club
FC Khimki (until 2010)
and
Hajduk Split in the
Croatian First League.
International career
He made his debut for
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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in a March 2002
friendly match
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away against
Macedonia and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was an October 2007
European Championship qualification match against
Norway
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.
Managerial career
After first being an assistant coach at the club, Blatnjak was named manager of
Zadar in December 2022.
Dragan Blatnjak novi trener Zadra
- Novilist
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
People from Teslić
Footballers from Banja Luka Region
Men's association football midfielders
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
Bosnia and Herzegovina men's international footballers
HNK Brotnjo players
NK Zadar players
HNK Hajduk Split players
FC Khimki players
FC Rostov players
NK Osijek players
Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players
Croatian Football League players
Russian Premier League players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina football managers
NK Zadar managers
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Croatia
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