Mate Bajić (born 3 November 1995) is a German-born

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n professional

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, who plays for Tomislav Cerna.

Career

Cibalia

In August 2012, Bajić signed his first professional contract with

HNK Cibalia Hrvatski nogometni klub Cibalia, commonly known as Cibalia Vinkovci or simply Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva NL, Croatia's second tier league. Their stadium ...

in Croatia’s

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. He made his debut on 26 May 2013, in the final round of the

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. He entered as a substitute in the 67th minute in Cibalia’s away loss to

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, what proved to be the club's last top-tier match. Although Cibalia was relegated to

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, Bajić stayed with the club during 2013–14 and the first half of 2014–15.

Rijeka

In February 2015, Bajić signed a contract with

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva li ...

that ties him with the club until June 2017. In his first half-season with the club, Bajić played for Rijeka II in

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. During the 2015–16 season, Bajić was a regular starter for Rijeka II, scoring 6 goals. In January 2016, Bajić was one of several Rijeka II players who were brought in to the first-team’s pre-season training camp in

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.HNK Rijeka
/ref> He was capped in four of Rijeka’s mid-season friendlies. However, following the end of the season, Rijeka did not renew his contract.

References

External links

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Profile and statistics at Sportmanager.hr
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bajic, Mate 1995 births Living people Footballers from Dortmund Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Cibalia players HNK Rijeka II players NK BSK Bijelo Brdo players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players