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Youth
Appearances

0

Youth
Goals

10

Reserve Appearances

1

Reserve
Goals

11

Senior
Appearances

0

Senior
Goals

Boško Balaban

First Team
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Forward

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Boško Balaban

Role

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Position

Born

Forward

15 October 1978

Birthplace

Country

Citizenship

Height

Foot

Rijeka 🇭🇷

Croatia 🇭🇷

Croatia 🇭🇷

(5 ft 10 in) 1.80 m

Right

Transfer Notes

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Transfer In

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Transfer In:

2001-02

Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷

£7.02m

1 July 2001

22

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out

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Transfer Out:

2003-04

Club Brugge KV 🇧🇪

Free

1 January 2004

25

David O'Leary 🇮🇪

Previous Clubs

Boško Balaban

Previous Clubs:

-1995 HNK Rijeka Youth 🇭🇷
Croatian First Football League

1995-00 HNK Rijeka 🇭🇷
Croatian First Football League, 🕒 87 | 47 (40) | ⚽ 21 |

2000-01 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷 Free
Croatian First Football League, 🕒 27 | 25 (2) | ⚽ 14 |

Loans Out

Boško Balaban

Loans Out:

2002-03 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷
21 Aug 2002 to 30 Jun 2003
Prva HNL, 🕒 2 | 2 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

Subsequent Clubs

Boško Balaban

Subsequent Clubs:

2004-07 Club Brugge KV 🇧🇪 Free
Jupiler Pro League, 🕒 118 | 105 (13) | ⚽ 58 |

2007-09 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷 £1.53m
SuperSport HNL, 🕒 47 | 38 (9) | ⚽ 20 |

2009-12 Panionios Athens 🇬🇷 Free
Super League 1, 🕒 54 | 49 (5) | ⚽ 13 |

2012 FA Selangor 🇲🇾 Free
Malaysia Super League

2012 Retired aged 33

Career Progression

Boško Balaban

2001-02 Aston Villa First Team

Aston Villa Crest 2025
Peak Villa

First Team

Youth Career

Boško Balaban

0

Youth
Appearances

0

Youth
Goals

Did Not Graduate from Youth Team

Reserve Career

Boško Balaban

10

Reserve Appearances

1

Reserve
Goals

2003-04 PRL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🇺 1 |
2001-02 PRL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0~ | 🇺 0 |
*2001-02 Substitutions & Goalscorers not recorded

First Team Career

Boško Balaban

11

Senior
Appearances

0

Senior
Goals

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
Aston Villa 2001-02 | £7.02m |
🕒 11 | 2 (9) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 17 | #757 |

🟩 4 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 3 |
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 |

Squad Honours

Boško Balaban

🏆 2003-04 FA Premier Reserve League Champion

PL2: Premier League 2
FAPL: FA Premier Reserve League
PLP: Pontins League Premier Division
PLD1: Pontins League Division 1
PLD2: Pontins League Division 2
EFLT: EFL Trophy
UYL: UEFA Youth League
BSC: Birmingham Senior Cup
PLC: Premier League Cup
PLIC: Premier League International Cup

u18PL: u18 Premier League
MYL: Midland Youth League
FAYC: FA Youth Cup
u18PLC: u18 Premier League Cup
MYC: Midland Youth Cup
MYLC: Midland Youth League Cup
SJFC: Southern Junior Floodlit Cup

Reserve & Youth Appearances

Boško Balaban

🟨 17 Oct 2001 Villa 2-2 Liverpool
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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🟥 25 Oct 2001 United 1-0 Villa
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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🟩 21 Nov 2001 Villa 2-1 Wednesday
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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🟩 16 Jan 2002 Villa 5-1 Everton
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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4 Feb 2002 Villa v Blackburn
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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18 Mar 2002 Villa v Bradford
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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3 Apr 2002 Villa v Manchester City
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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8 Apr 2002 Wednesday v Villa
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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17 Apr 2002 Villa 1-1 Newcastle
Reserves

2001-02

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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🟩 1 Sep 2003 Newcastle 1-2 Villa
Reserves

2003-04

FA Premier Reserve League (North)

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The Trophy Cabinet

Domestic:

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
League Champions: 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10, 1980-81

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 
FA Cup Winners: 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57

🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: 1960-61, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1993-94, 1995-96


Europe:
🏆
European Cup Winners: 1981-82
🏆
European Super Cup Winners: 1982-83


Other Domestic:

🏆 🏆
Second Division Champions: 1937-38, 1959-60

🏆
Third Division Champions: 1971-72


Other Europe:

🏆
Intertoto Cup Winners: 2001-02

🏆
Peace Cup Winners: 2009

Reserve League
:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Premier Reserve League Champions: 2003-04, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

🏆 🏆 🏆
Central League Champions: 1929-30, 1963-64, 1992-93

Reserve Cup
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1879-80, 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1887-88, 1888-90, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1895-96, 1898-99, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1984-85, 2023-24 

🏆
NextGen Series Winners: 2012-13

🏆
Premier League Cup Winners: 2017-18

Youth League:
🏆
u18s Premier League Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18s Premier League National Champions: 2024-25
🏆
u18 Premier League Tier Two Champions 2016-17
🏆 🏆 🏆
u18 Premier Academy League Academy Group B Champions: 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11
🏆
u18 Premier Academy League National Champions 2007-08
🏆 🏆 
u17 FA Premier Academy League Champions: 1999-00, 2003-04
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Champions: 1994-95, 1995-96

Youth Cup:
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1971-72, 1979-80, 2001-02, 2020-21, 2024-25
🏆 🏆
Midland Youth League Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1994-95
🏆 🏆 🏆
Midland Youth Cup Winners: 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98
🏆
1993-94 Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1993-94

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