Dragan Blatnjak | |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1981 |
Birth Place: | Studenci, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
Height: | 1.81 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Zadar (manager) |
Youthyears1: | 1993–1997 |
Youthclubs1: | Jadran LP |
Youthyears2: | 1998 |
Youthclubs2: | Zagreb |
Youthyears3: | 1998 |
Youthclubs3: | Jadran LP |
Youthyears4: | 1999–2000 |
Youthclubs4: | HNK Grude |
Years1: | 2000–2001 |
Caps1: | 40 |
Goals1: | 18 |
Years2: | 2001–2003 |
Clubs2: | Zadar |
Caps2: | 37 |
Goals2: | 12 |
Years3: | 2003–2006 |
Clubs3: | Hajduk Split |
Caps3: | 91 |
Goals3: | 17 |
Years4: | 2006–2010 |
Clubs4: | FC Khimki |
Caps4: | 74 |
Goals4: | 7 |
Years5: | 2010–2012 |
Clubs5: | Rostov |
Caps5: | 59 |
Goals5: | 6 |
Years6: | 2013 |
Clubs6: | Osijek |
Caps6: | 9 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2002–2007 |
Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2017–2018 |
Managerclubs1: | Primorac Biograd |
Manageryears2: | 2018 |
Manageryears3: | 2019 |
Managerclubs3: | Zagora Unešić |
Manageryears4: | 2021–2022 |
Managerclubs4: | Zadar (assistant) |
Manageryears5: | 2022– |
Managerclubs5: | Zadar |
Dragan Blatnjak (born 1 August 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Croatian club Zadar.
Previously Blatnjak played for Russian club FC Khimki (until 2010)[1] and Hajduk Split in the Croatian First League.
He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a March 2002 friendly match away against Macedonia and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals.[2] His final international was an October 2007 European Championship qualification match against Norway.[3]
After first being an assistant coach at the club, Blatnjak was named manager of Zadar in December 2022.[4]