Ante Budimir

Ante Budimir (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎːnte bûdimiːr];[1][2] born 22 July 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Mallorca.

Ante Budimir

Budimir with St Pauli in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Ante Budimir
Date of birth	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991
Place of birth	Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Mallorca
Number	22
Youth career
0000–2008	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)	18	(5)
2019–	Mallorca	35	(13)
National team
2012	Croatia U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:12, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

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 19 July 2020[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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[lower-alpha 1]	1	20	6
Mallorca	2019–20	La Liga	35	13	1	0	0	0	36	13
	Total		53	18	1	0	2	1	56	19
Career total			260	79	11	4	2	1	273	84

1. Two appearances in the Segunda División play-off of promotion

References

1. "Àntūn". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Ánte
2. "búditi". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Bȕdimīr
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "Leihe: Budimir wandert nach Kalabrien aus". kicker (in German). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
7. 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.
8. "Sampdoria snap up Budimir". Football Italia. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
9. "BUDIMIR TORNA AL CROTONE A TITOLO TEMPORANEO CON OBBLIGO DI RISCATTO" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 5 July 2017.
10. "UFFICIALE: Crotone, Budimir va in prestito al Maiorca" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2019.
11. Bryce, Monro (6 February 2019). "Mallorca seventh after 2-0 win". Majorca Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
12. "El Mallorca 'ficha' a Budimir" [Mallorca 'sign' Budimir]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
13. Ante Budimir at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

External links

• Ante Budimir at Soccerway
• Profile at kicker.de