Saša Bjelanović
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Saša Bjelanović | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Zadar | 76 | (18) |
| 1999 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Istra | 18 | (4) |
| 2000–2002 | Varaždin | 51 | (27) |
| 2002–2003 | Como | 15 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Chievo (loan) | 12 | (4) |
| 2003–2005 | Genoa | 41 | (12) |
| 2004–2005 | → Lecce (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | Ascoli | 57 | (11) |
| 2007–2009 | Torino | 19 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Vicenza (loan) | 39 | (12) |
| 2009–2010 | Vicenza | 35 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | CFR Cluj | 13 | (3) |
| 2011 | Atalanta | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Verona | 26 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | CFR Cluj | 14 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Varese | 22 | (4) |
| 2014 | Messina | 10 | (2) |
| 2015 | Pordenone | 12 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:41, 27 December 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2008 (UTC) |
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Saša Bjelanović (born 11 June 1979) is a retired Croatian footballer who is currently the assistant sporting director of HNK Hajduk Split.
He has held an Italian passport since 2007, as his grandmother was from Trieste, Venezia Giulia; this made him eligible to acquire Italian nationality at birth.
Saša Bjelanović started his career at Zadar. At the age of 20, he had already made 76 appearances for his native club. In summer 1999, he was signed by Croatian giant Dinamo Zagreb. However, he made only one appearance before being transferred to NK Istra from Pula and then NK Varteks.
On 31 May 2002, Como, at that time in Serie A, brought Bjelanović to Italy. He played 15 Serie A games for Como, and left on loan to Chievo.
As Como was relegated in summer 2003, on 16 July 2003, Bjelanović was loaned to Perugia. But on 30 August 2003, he was sold to Genoa C.F.C. of Serie B on a co-ownership deal for €1 million. Genoa was owned by former Como owner Enrico Preziosi.
Bjelanović played 41 out of possible 46 games for Genoa, and as Como was relegated again, this time to Serie C1, Genoa bought all the registration rights at the end of the season for another €150,000.
Genoa did not win promotion in summer 2004 and Bjelanović played his second Serie A season for U.S. Lecce on loan.
In summer 2005, Genoa finally won promotion to Serie A, but due to match fixing scandal, Genoa was relegated to play in the Serie C1 next season. As a result, Bjelanović was sold to Ascoli, the team which was promoted in Genoa's place, on a co-ownership deal.
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