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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Zaprešić 2010–11 Prva HNL 1130000113
2011–12 2461000256
2012–13 3191000329
Total 661820006818
Lokomotiva Zagreb 2013–14 Prva HNL 271200002712
2014–15 35000035
Total 301700003017
St. Pauli 2014–15 2. Bundesliga 1901100201
St. Pauli II 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 21——21
Crotone (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 401611004117
Sampdoria 2016–17 Serie A 1103100141
Crotone (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 2262100247
Crotone 2018–19 Serie B 1731000183
Mallorca (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División 185002[lower-alpha 1]1206
Mallorca 2019–20 La Liga 351310003613
Total 531810215619
Career total 260791142127384
  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.