Bojan Zajić

Bojan Zajić
Zajić with Vålerenga in 2009
Personal information
Full name Bojan Zajić
Date of birth (1980-06-17) 17 June 1980
Place of birth Kruševac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sandnes Ulf (assistant)
Youth career
Napredak Kruševac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Napredak Kruševac 70 (9)
2001–2005 Obilić 110 (10)
2006 BASK 14 (2)
2006–2007 Partizan 25 (3)
2007–2013 Vålerenga 143 (26)
2014–2015 Sarpsborg 08 56 (12)
2016–2017 Sandnes Ulf 40 (2)
Total 458 (64)
National team
2004–2008 Serbia 2 (0)
Teams managed
2017– Sandnes Ulf (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bojan Zajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Зајић; born 17 June 1980) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Kruševac, Zajić Majmunko came through the youth system at his hometown club Napredak, making his first team debuts in 1998. He was transferred to Obilić in the summer of 2001. While with the Vitezovi, Zajić made 110 league appearances and scored 10 goals, before leaving due to the club's financial problems in the 2006 winter transfer window. He subsequently joined BASK, playing in the second tier until the end of the 2005–06 season.

On 7 July 2006, Zajić signed a four-year contract with Partizan.[1] He scored a brace in a 4–2 home victory over Groningen in the first leg of the UEFA Cup first round on 14 September 2006. In total, Zajić made 33 appearances and scored six goals in all competitions during the 2006–07 season.

In August 2007, Zajić moved to Norwegian club Vålerenga, on an initial three-month loan.[2] He made seven league appearances and scored once until the end of the season, before signing a permanent contract with the club. In the following years, Zajić became one of the team's most important players, making 170 competitive appearances and scoring 37 goals.

On 6 January 2014, Zajić signed a two-year contract with Sarpsborg 08.[3] He was the club's top scorer in the following two seasons (2014 and 2015). On 18 January 2016, Zajić signed a two-year contract with Sandnes Ulf.[4] He eventually retired from professional football in June 2017, becoming the team's assistant manager after Tomi Markovski.[5]

International career

Zajić played one match for the national team of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Kirin Cup against Slovakia. He also made one appearance for the Serbia national team in a friendly match against Poland in December 2008.

Statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Napredak Kruševac 2000–01 3261040376
Total 3261040376
Obilić 2001–02 2702040330
2002–03 1921020222
2003–04 242—242
2004–05 262—262
2005–06 144—144
Total 11010306011910
Partizan 2006–07 2531073336
2007–08 00001010
Total 2531083346
Vålerenga 2007 71000071
2008 21364—277
2009 2256320308
2010 20411—215
2011 2882140349
2012 26131—292
2013 19431—225
Total 1432621116017037
Sarpsborg 08 2014 28654—3310
2015 28662—348
Total 5612116—6718
Sandnes Ulf 2016 28230—312
2017 12020—140
Total 40250—452
Career total 40659421724347279

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia and Montenegro 200410
200500
200600
Serbia 200600
200700
200810
Total20

Honours

Vålerenga

References

  1. ↑ "Potpisao Bojan Zajić" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Zajić u Valerengi na pozajmici!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bojan Zajic klar for Sarpsborg 08" (in Norwegian). sarpsborg08.no. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Her er Bojan Zajic i lyseblått for første gang" (in Norwegian). sandnesulf.no. 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Gammel VIF-helt legger opp og blir assistenttrener i Sandnes Ulf" (in Norwegian). dagbladet.no. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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