Full name Hrvoje Vejic Name Hrvoje Vejic Position Defender Weight 80 kg | Height 1.92 m Playing position Role Football player | |
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Date of birth (1977-06-08) 8 June 1977 (age 38) Place of birth Metkovic, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Current team Jadran LP (president) | ||
Hrvoje Vejić (born 8 June 1977) is a Croatian football player who currently plays for NK Jadran Luka Ploče and is also a current president of NK Jadran Luka Ploče. He plays at the center-back position.
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Career
In 1998 Vejić started his football career in the Croatian capital with NK Zagreb, where he played for three seasons. He then spent four seasons at Hajduk Split, where he became the team captain, before moving to Tom Tomsk of Russia.
Vejić joined his former club Hajduk Split on 12 January 2009 as a free player after leaving Tomsk.
International
He played four matches for his country's under-21 side between 1998 and 1999 in the qualifying matches for the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He made his first appearance for the senior team against Norway in a friendly match on 7 February 2007. Despite not playing a single minute in Croatia's Euro 2008 qualification campaign he was chosen to participate in the final tournament, where he received one cap playing full 90 minutes in a 1–0 victory over Poland, as he and Knežević replaced regular starters Kovač and Šimunić, who were being rested.
