Ante Jazić

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Ante Jazić

Personal information
Full name	Ante Jazić
Date of birth	February 26, 1976 (1976-02-26) (age 33)
Place of birth	Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender/Midfelder
Club information
Current club	Chivas USA
Number	6
Youth career
1995	Halifax King of Donair
1996	Dalhousie Tigers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1999	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	54	(4)
1999–2000	Hajduk Split	40	(1)
2000–2004	Rapid Vienna	107	(1)
2004–2006	Kuban Krasnodar	11	(0)
2006–2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	44	(0)
2009–	Chivas USA	13	(0)
National team‡
2004–	Canada	25	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Ante Jazić (born February 26, 1976 in Bedford, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer, and for the Canadian national team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth

Ante started his soccer career as a youth player for Scotia Soccer Club. As a senior level, he played for one the nation's strongest amateur teams, Halifax King of Donair, and a year with Dalhousie University in which he was named All-Canadian CIAU

[edit] Professional

Jazic began his professional career by joining NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in 1997 after a successful try-out arranged by an uncle in Croatia. After two years with Dragovoljac, he joined Croatian First League club Hajduk Split for the 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons.

Jazić played four seasons with Rapid Vienna. He played for FC Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League in the 2006 season. Kuban were relegated to the Russian First Division for 2005. On June 27, 2006, he signed a contract with Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, where he would spend the next two years.

On January 15, 2009, Jazic was traded to Chivas USA along with the Galaxy's 35th- and 49th-overall picks in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Chivas' second-round pick (19th-overall), which the Galaxy used to select defender A. J. DeLaGarza.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MLS player profile
• Ante Jazic career stats at Soccerbase

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