Vedran Ješe born (born 3 February 1981) is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for HNK Primorac Biograd na Moru.

Vedran Ješe
Personal information
Full name Vedran Ješe
Date of birth (1981-02-03) 3 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Center back
Youth career
1994-1995 HAŠK
1995–2000 NK Zagreb
1995–1996NK Posavina Zagreb (loan)[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 NK Zagreb 82 (9)
2001Trnje (loan) 11 (4)
2004–2005 Dinamo Zagreb 18 (1)
2005–2006 Inter Zaprešić 22 (4)
2006–2009 FC Thun 9 (0)
2007Bnei Yehuda (loan) 14 (3)
2007–2008Ashdod (loan) 28 (0)
2008–2010 Olimpik 30 (1)
2010–2011 Kavala 0 (0)
2011–2013 Široki Brijeg 63 (4)
2014–2015 Zadar 27 (0)
2015–2021 Primorac Biograd 136 (18)
International career
2001–2003 Croatia U-21
2006 Croatia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 2009

Club career edit

Born in Banja Luka, where he practiced handball, Ješe took up football after emigrating to Zagreb at 13 years of age, at HAŠK.[2] Soon he was scouted and taken into the NK Zagreb academy where he started his professional career. With Zagreb he won the Croatian First Football League title in the 2001/02 season. In September 2004, due to political pressure,[3] he joined Dinamo Zagreb,[4] staying one season at the club before moving on to Inter Zaprešić.

Ješe signed a 3-year contract for FC Thun in 2006.[5]

On 15 September 2009, he signed for FK Olimpik Sarajevo.[6] On 31 January 2010, he signed for Greek side Kavala FC. Playing there for only one season he then joined NK Široki Brijeg. Playing there until the summer of 2014 when he signed for NK Zadar.

International career edit

He was part of the Croatia national under-21 football team at 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Ješe made his senior debut for Croatia in a January 2006 Carlsberg Cup match against South Korea and has earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His other international was three days later at the same tournament against Hong Kong.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Vedran Ješe: “Nakon Zagreba trebao sam u Hajduk, ali naređeno je da idem u Dinamo” at Dalmatinski Nogomet
  2. ^ Vedran Ješe: “Nakon Zagreba trebao sam u Hajduk, ali naređeno je da idem u Dinamo” at Dalmatinski Nogomet
  3. ^ Vedran Ješe: “Nakon Zagreba trebao sam u Hajduk, ali naređeno je da idem u Dinamo” at Dalmatinski Nogomet
  4. ^ "Gracan to coach revamped Dinamo". UEFA.com. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Portsmouth hold on to promising pair". UEFA.com. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  6. ^ "SportSport.ba | BH FUDBAL". sportsport.ba. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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