Ante Budimir
 Budimir with St Pauli in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ante Budimir | ||
| Date of birth | 22 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mallorca | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | NK Radnik | ||
| 2008 | LASK Linz | ||
| 2008–2009 | NK Sesvete | ||
| 2009–2011 | HNK Gorica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | NK Inter Zaprešić | 66 | (18) |
| 2013–2014 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 30 | (17) |
| 2014–2016 | FC St. Pauli | 19 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Crotone (loan) | 40 | (16) |
| 2016–2018 | Sampdoria | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Crotone (loan) | 22 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Crotone | 17 | (3) |
| 2019 | → Mallorca (loan) | 20 | (6) |
| 2019– | Mallorca | 24 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Croatia U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:32, 29 February 2020 (UTC) | |||
Ante Budimir (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [ǎːnte bûdimiːr];[1][2] born 22 July 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Mallorca.
Club career
St. Pauli
In August 2014, Budimir joined German club FC St. Pauli of the 2. Bundesliga on a four-year deal until 2018.[3] St. Pauli had to pay a transfer fee believed to be around €900,000.[4] In an interview on Budimir's signing, former Croatian international Jurica Vranješ described him as "tall, strong in the air, and reliable in combinations" and compared his style to Dimitar Berbatov.[5] Budimir had a tough time at St. Pauli, scoring just 1 goal in 20 appearances in the St. Pauli shirt.
Crotone / Sampdoria
On 1 September 2015, Budimir was loaned out to Italian club Crotone for the remainder of the season.[6] He made his Crotone debut on 7 September 2015, in a 4–0 loss to Cagliari Calcio, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Pietro De Giorgio. In March 2016, Crotone exercised their €1 million buyout option on the player. Budimir ended the season as Crotone's top goalscorer with 16 goals in 40 Serie B appearances, as they were promoted as runners-up to Cagliari; this tally was fourth for goalscorers in the whole league season.[7]
In June 2016, ahead of Crotone's debut Serie A season, Sampdoria of the same league activated Budimir's release clause believed to be in the region of €1.8 million, and the player signed a deal ending in mid-2020.[8] A year later, he was sent back to Crotone on a one-year loan with obligation to buy.[9] The obligation was fulfilled by now relegated Crotone at the end of the season, and he remained in the club on a permanent contract.
Mallorca
On 15 January 2019, Budimir moved on loan to Spanish club Mallorca.[10] He scored his first goal for the Balearic club on 3 February as a Panenka penalty kick in a 2–0 home win over AD Alcorcón, later being sent off.[11] On 27 June, after achieving promotion to La Liga – he scored the opening goal as they overturned a 2–0 first-leg deficit to defeat Deportivo de La Coruña 3–2 on aggregate in the play-off final – he signed a permanent deal for a €2.2 million fee.[12]
Budimir scored twice away to reigning champions FC Barcelona on 7 December 2019, albeit in a 5–2 loss.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 21 February 2020[13]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inter Zaprešić | 2010–11 | Prva HNL | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2011–12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 | ||
| Total | 66 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 18 | ||
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2013–14 | Prva HNL | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 |
| 2014–15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Total | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | ||
| St. Pauli | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| St. Pauli II | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nord | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| Crotone (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie B | 40 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 |
| Sampdoria | 2016–17 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Crotone (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
| Crotone | 2018–19 | Serie B | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| Mallorca (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 20 | 6 |
| Mallorca | 2019–20 | La Liga | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| Total | 42 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 249 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 80 | ||
- ^ Two appearances in the Segunda División play-off of promotion
References
- ^ "Àntūn". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Ánte
- ^ "búditi". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Bȕdimīr
- ^ "Ante Budimir wechselt zum FC St. Pauli" [Ante Budimir transfers to FC St. Pauli] (in German). FC St. Pauli. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Nöthe und Budimir sind St. Paulis Sturmduo der Hoffnung" [Nöthe and Budimir are St. Pauli's striker duo of hope]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 19 August 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Kroaten-Star Vranjes lobt Paulis Neuen: "Budimir ist ein Typ wie Berbatov"" [Croatia-Star Vranjes praises Pauli's new arrival:]. Bild (in German). 5 August 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Leihe: Budimir wandert nach Kalabrien aus". kicker (in German). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b Morozzo, Angelo (8 December 2019). "Ex Crotone, Budimir show: doppietta al Camp Nou" [Ex Crotone, Budimir show: brace at the Camp Nou] (in Italian). Calabria Sport 24. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Sampdoria snap up Budimir". Football Italia. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "BUDIMIR TORNA AL CROTONE A TITOLO TEMPORANEO CON OBBLIGO DI RISCATTO" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 5 July 2017.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Crotone, Budimir va in prestito al Maiorca" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Bryce, Monro (6 February 2019). "Mallorca seventh after 2-0 win". Majorca Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "El Mallorca 'ficha' a Budimir" [Mallorca 'sign' Budimir]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Ante Budimir at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
External links
- Ante Budimir at Soccerway
- Profile at kicker.de
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zenica
- Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Croatia under-21 international footballers
- LASK Linz players
- HNK Gorica players
- NK Inter Zaprešić players
- NK Lokomotiva players
- FC St. Pauli players
- F.C. Crotone players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- RCD Mallorca players
- Croatian First Football League players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Serie B players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain