Saša Bjelanović

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Personal information
Saša Bjelanović
Full name	Saša Bjelanović
Date of birth	June 11, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Zadar, Croatia
Height	1.88 m
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Ascoli.
Number	11
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-99 1999 1999-2000 2000-02 2002-04 2003 2003 2003-04 2004-06 2004-05 2005-06 2006-present	Zadar Dinamo Zagreb Pula Varteks Como → Chievo (loan) → Perugia (loan) → Genoa (co-ownership) Genoa → Lecce (loan) → Ascoli (co-ownership) Ascoli	76 (18) 1 (0) 14 (4) 51 (27) 15 (2) 12 (4) 0 (0) 41 (12) 22 (5) 31 (4) 17 (7)
National team²
2005	Croatia	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of February 2005. * Appearances (Goals)

Saša Bjelanović (born 11 June 1979 in Zadar) is a Croatian footballer striker who is currently playing for Ascoli Calcio of the Italian Serie A.

At Ascoli, he is currently the club's top goalscorer with seven goals in 17 appearances, which is more than a half of all goals scored by the team in the Serie A in the ongoing season. They are currently the worst-placed Serie A team and have only won one of 18 matches, in which they only scored 13 goals. He already played for Ascoli in the 2005-06 season, but only scored four goals in 31 Serie A appearances that season.

He was a member of the Croatian U-21 team at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, where he made one appearance and scored one goal. He made his debut for the Croatian senior national team in February 2005, coming on as a second-half substitute in a friendly match against Israel, which ended in a 3-3 draw. In late March 2005, he was also part of the Croatian squad that played Iceland and Malta in the 2006 World Cup qualifying, but remained an unused substitute in both matches.

Ascoli Calcio 1898 - Current Squad
1 Pagliuca \| 4 Pecorari \| 5 Minieri \| 6 Centi \| 7 Fontana \| 8 Fini \| 9 Paolucci \| 11 Bjelanović \| 14 Di Biagio \| 15 Gauračs \| 16 Giampà \| 17 Guberti \| 18 Pesce \| 19 Boccolini \| 20 Perrulli \| 21 Boudianski \| 22 Vastola \| 23 Corallo \| 24 Delvecchio \| 25 Bonanni \| 27 Zanetti \| 31 Foglio \| 32 Năstase \| 33 Eleftheropoulos \| 77 N'Siabamfumu \| 79 Melara \| 84 Job \| 99 Soncin \| Coach: Sonetti