.jpg) Bajić with MSV Duisburg in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1979-10-19)19 October 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Bijeljina,SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mladost Velika Obarska | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Radnik Bijeljina | 73 | (0) |
| 2000–2007 | Partizan | 114 | (6) |
| 2006 | →Al Wahda (loan) | ||
| 2007–2009 | TuS Koblenz | 55 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Denizlispor | 12 | (1) |
| 2010–2018 | MSV Duisburg | 208 | (18) |
| Total | 462 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Branimir Bajić (Cyrillic: Бранимир Бајић; born 19 October 1979) is a Bosnian former professionalfootballer who played as adefender.
After playing forRadnik Bijeljina, Bajić was transferred toPartizan in July 2000.[1] He scored a 90th-minute goal to give his team a 1–0 win overRapid Wien in the first leg of the2001–02 UEFA Cup first round.[2] In May 2004, Bajić extended his contract with Partizan for another four years.[3] He subsequently won his third championship with the club in the2004–05 season. In February 2006, Bajić was loaned for six months to Emirati clubAl Wahda with an option for a permanent deal.[4] He eventually returned to Partizan and played regularly for the side in the2006–07 season.
In June 2007, Bajić moved to Germany and signed withTuS Koblenz, on a three-year deal.[5] He spent the next two seasons at the club, before transferring toDenizlispor in July 2009. After one year in Turkey, Bajić returned to Germany and signed withMSV Duisburg.[6] On 9 May 2018, it was announced that he will leave Duisburg at the end of the 2017–18 season.[7] After the season, he announced his retirement.[8]
Bajić made his debut forBosnia and Herzegovina in an August 2004friendly match againstFrance and has earned a total of 21 caps, scoring no goals.[9] His final international was an August 2008 friendly againstBulgaria.[10]
In September 2008, citing his dissatisfaction with the atmosphere in the national team followingĆiro Blažević's arrival at the helm of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in an interview forSportski žurnal daily, Bajić announced his retirement from international football at the age of 28.[11]
Couple of days later inDnevni avaz newspaper, Bajić denied giving an interview toSportski žurnal and announcing his international retirement.[12]
