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CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

757

Legacy
Number

0

Youth
Promotion #

0

Youth
Debut #

Villa Career

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

11

Villa Appearances

0

Villa
Goals

0

Villa
Assists

0.00

Game
Per

Competition Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

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8

League Appearances
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0

FA Cup
Appearances
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2

League Cup
Appearances
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1

European
Appearances

Division Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

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8

Premier League Appearances
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0

Division One
Appearances
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0

Championship
Appearances
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0

Division Two
Appearances
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0

Division Three
Appearances

League Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

8

League Appearances

0

League
Goals

0

League
Assists

0.00

League
per Game

FA Cup Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

0

FA Cup Appearances

0

FA Cup
Goals

0

FA Cup
Assists

0.00

FA Cup
per Game

League Cup Record

2

League Cup Appearances

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

0

League Cup
Goals

0

League Cup
Assists

0.00

League Cup
per Game

European Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

1

European Appearances

0

European
Goals

0

European
Assists

0.00

European
per Game

Other Appearance Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

0

Other Appearances

0

Other
Goals

0

Other
Assists

0.00

Other
per Game

Villa Career

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🟨 26 Aug 2001, Villa 1-1 United, Villa Park

Premier League

Scorer(s) | Darius Vassell | 4’ |

Assist(s) | Hassan Kachloul | 4’ |

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🟨 16 Sep 2001, Villa 0-0 Sunderland, Villa Park

Premier League

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟩 24 Sep 2001, Villa 3-1 Southampton, St Mary's

Premier League

Scorer(s) | George Boateng | 9’ | Juan Pablo Ángel | 15’ | Mustapha Hadji | 79’ |

Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 9’ | 20' | Lee Hendrie | 79’ |

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🟩 27 Sep 2001, Villa 1-0 Varteks, Gradski

UEFA Cup

Scorer(s) | Mustapha Hadji | 92’ |

Assist(s) | None

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🟩 10 Oct 2001, Villa 1-0 Reading, Villa Park

League Cup

Scorer(s) | Dion Dublin | 45’ |

Assist(s) | Hassan Kachloul | 45' |

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🟩 14 Oct 2001, Villa 2-0 Fulham, Villa Park

Premier League

Scorer(s) | Darius Vassell | 50’ | Ian Taylor | 61’ |

Assist(s) | Mustapha Hadji | 50’ | Juan Pablo Ángel | 61’ |

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🟥 28 Nov 2001, Villa 0-1 Wednesday, Villa Park

League Cup

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟥 22 Dec 2001, Villa 1-3 Derby, Pride Park

Premier League

​Scorer(s) | Juan Pablo Ángel | 45’ |

Assist(s) | Dion Dublin | 45’ |

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🟥 5 Mar 2002, Villa 0-3 Blackburn, Ewood

Premier League

Scorer(s) | None

Assist(s) | None

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🟨 2 Apr 2002, Villa 1-1 Newcastle, Villa Park

Premier League

Scorer(s) | Peter Crouch | 26’ |

Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 26’ |

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🟨 20 Apr 2002, Villa 2-2 Leicester, Filbert Street

Premier League

​Scorer(s) | Darius Vassell | 22’ | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 27’ |

Assist(s) | Peter Crouch | 22’ | Steve Staunton 27’ |

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Personal Profile

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Full Name:

Role:

Boško Balaban

Forward

Position:

Born:

Forward

15 October 1978

Birthplace:

Country:

Citizenship:

Rijeka 🇭🇷

Croatia 🇭🇷

Croatia 🇭🇷

Height:

(5 ft 10 in) 1.80 m

Foot:

Right

Career Progression

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

2001-02 Aston Villa First Team

Youth Career

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

0

Youth Appearances

0

Youth
Goals

Did Not Graduate from Youth Team

Reserve Career

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

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

11

Villa Appearances

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

0

Villa
Goals

0

Villa
Assists

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

🟩 4 | 🟨 4 | 🟥 3 |
Cards 🟨 0 | 🟥 0 |

Played Under

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2001 🕒 8 | 6 (2) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 4 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 2 |
Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2002 🕒 3 | 0 (3) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🟩 0 | 🟨 2 | 🟥 1 |

Honours

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

🏆 2003-04 FA Premier Reserve League Champion

Previous Clubs

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

-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 |

Transfer In

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Aston Villa Crest 2025

Season:

2001-02

From:

Dinamo Zagreb 🇭🇷

Fee:

£7.02m

Date:

1 July 2001

Age:

22

Under:

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Loans Out

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

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

Transfer Out

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Aston Villa Crest 2025

Season:

2003-04

From:

Club Brugge KV 🇧🇪

Fee:

Free

Date:

1 January 2004

Age:

25

Under:

David O'Leary 🇮🇪

Subsequent Clubs

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

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 Notes

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Villa Career Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Villa Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
11
2
9
17

Villa Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

Villa Career Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Career Results

🟩 Won:
🇺 Unbeaten:
🟥 Lost:
Points / Game:
36%
73%
27%
1.45

Career Cards

🟨 Bookings:
🟥 Sendings Off:
Games / Card:
0
0

Season Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

2001-02

Aston Villa Crest 2025

Games

🕒 Games:
11
✅ Starter:
2
🔁 Substitute:
9
🇺 Unused:
16

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

Results

🟩 Won:
36%
🇺 Unbeaten:
73%
🟥 Lost:
27%
Points per Game:
1.45

Cards

🟨 Bookings:
0
🟥 Sendings
Off:
0
Games per
Card:
0.00

2002-03

Aston Villa Crest 2025

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0
🇺 Unused:
1

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

Results

🟩 Won:
0%
🇺 Unbeaten:
0%
🟥 Lost:
0%
Points per Game:
0.00

Cards

🟨 Bookings:
0
🟥 Sendings
Off:
0
Games per
Card:
0.00

League Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

League Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
8
0
8

League Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

League Seasons

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

2001-02

Aston Villa Crest 2025
Premier League

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
8
0
8
000.00

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

2002-03

Aston Villa Crest 2025
Premier League

Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
🇺 Unused:
0
0
0
000.00

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

FA Cup Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

FA Cup Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
0
0
0

FA Cup Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

FA Cup Seasons

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

2001-02

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FA Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

2002-03

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FA Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

League Cup Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

League Cup Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
2
1
1

League Cup Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

League Cup Seasons

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

2001-02

League Cup
EFL Cup.jpg

Games

🕒 Games:
2
✅ Starter:
1
🔁 Substitute:
1

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

2002-03

League Cup
EFL Cup.jpg

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

European Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

European Games

🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Substitute:
1
1
0

European Goals & Assists

⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games per Goal:
Games per Involvement:
0
0
0.00
0.00

European Seasons

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

2001-02

EFL Cup.jpg
UEFA Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
1
✅ Starter:
1
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

2002-03

EFL Cup.jpg
Intertoto Cup

Games

🕒 Games:
0
✅ Starter:
0
🔁 Substitute:
0

Goals

⚽ Goals:
0
🔥 Assists:
0
Games per
Goal:
0.00
Games per Involvement:
0.00

Unused Substitute Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

11

Villa Appearances

17

Unused
Sub

Cautions & Sending Off Record

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

0

Bookings /
Cautions

0

Sendings
Off
Aston Villa Crest 2025

International Career

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

Villa International #123

Full International Record

🇭🇷 🕒 34 | 16 (18) | ⚽ 10 | 🔥 - |

Villa International Record

🇭🇷 🕒 8 | ✅ 3 🔁 (5) | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - |

League Breakdown

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

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Premier League

Premier League.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
Games / Involvement:
8
0
8
0
0
0.00
0.00

Championship

EFL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

First Division

FL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub:
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Second Division

FL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00

Third Division

FL.jpg
🕒 Games:
✅ Starter:
🔁 Sub::
⚽ Goals:
🔥 Assists:
Games / Goal:
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Games / Involvement:
0.00
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FL.jpg
FL.jpg

Career Notes

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Biography

CF Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 | #757 |

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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: 1989-90, 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
🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup: 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1993-94

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