Igor Budan
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 22 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Spezia (deputy director of football) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Rijeka | 33 | (3) |
| 1999–2002 | Venezia | 19 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | → Empoli (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Bellinzona (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Palermo | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Venezia (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Ancona (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2003–2006 | Atalanta | 51 | (16) |
| 2006 | → Ascoli (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Parma | 50 | (20) |
| 2008–2013 | Palermo | 63 | (12) |
| 2010–2011 | → Cesena (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Atalanta (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 274 | (63) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | Croatia U-18 | 8 | (0) |
| 1999 | Croatia U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Croatia | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:55, 6 August 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:55, 17 July 2013 (UTC) |
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Igor Budan (born 22 April 1980) is a former Croatian footballer who played as a forward. He is currently working as deputy director of football for Serie B club Spezia.
Budan played for his native NK Rijeka for two seasons before moving to Italy in 1999. At that time Serie A imposed non-EU quota per team that each team could be used in the field. Budan spent 2000–01 season with Empoli as well as Swiss club Bellinzona (in Italian speaking region of Switzerland) in order to free the quota for other players. Budan was one of the players transferred to Palermo from Venezia in 2002. The ex-owner of Venezia, Maurizio Zamparini, had bought Palermo in July 2002.
He spent two very good seasons between 2003 and 2005 with Atalanta, where he was a regular. Atalanta excised the option to sign Budan in June 2004 but Palermo also excised the counter-option, however, the loan later extended. Atalanta signed Budan in co-ownership deal in summer 2005 for €1 million. Along with Adriano, they were part of the deal of Stephen Makinwa.
The co-ownership deal with Atalanta being terminated in June 2006 for €1 million, he was then loaned to Parma F.C. with a co-ownership option (€1.25M), That season Palermo signed Mark Bresciano (€2.5M) and Fábio Simplício (€4.6M); Budan and Maurizio Ciaramitaro were the possible alternative compensation other than cash in the deals to Parma. Parma excised the option in June 2007 and bought Davide Matteini (50% for €0.9M) and Francesco Parravicini (€0.95M to Palermo and €0.95M to Fiorentina) Budan scored a lesser goal in 2007–08 Serie A but with a better goal per game, Palermo bought back Budan for €4.5million from relegated Parma in June 2008. Budan also signed a new 5-year contract.
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