Mario Jelavić

Mario Jelavić (born 20 August 1993) is a Croatian football forward, currently a free agent after playing for Zrinski Jurjevac.

Mario Jelavić

Personal information
Full name	Mario Jelavić
Date of birth	(1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Split, Croatia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–2005	Omiš
2006	RNK Split
2006–2008	Rijeka
2008–2013	Hajduk Split
2015	Åtvidabergs FF U21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Hajduk Split	1	(0)
2013	Slaven Belupo	8	(2)
2013–2014	VfL Bochum	0	(0)
2014–2015	Atlético Madrid C	4	(0)
2015–2016	Åtvidabergs FF	19	(1)
2016–2017	Solin	29	(12)
2017–2018	Istra 1961	12	(0)
2018	Mouscron	8	(1)
2019	Dugopolje	12	(1)
2019–2020	Solin	16	(4)
2020–2021	Rudeš	24	(7)
2021–2022	Akritas	26	(11)
2022–2023	Krka	12	(1)
2023	Zrinski Jurjevac	8	(0)
International career
2010	Croatia U17	1	(0)
2011	Croatia U18	4	(1)
2011–2012	Croatia U19	7	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 September 2023

Club career

In 2014, Jelavić signed for Atlético Madrid C.^[1]

Jelavić made his debut for Hajduk, the club he spent four formative seasons with, on 31 July 2011 in a 1–0 defeat against NK Zadar.^[2] It was his only appearance for the 2011-12 season. For the second half of the 2012-13 season, Jelavić went out on loan to NK Slaven Belupo, making 8 appearances of which 3 were in the starting line-up, but didn't score a goal. For the 2014-15 season, Jelavić joined Atvidabergs FF. He scored 13 goals in 12 games for the club's youth side and 1 goal in 19 games for the first team, 1 of those appearances being from the starting line-up. For the 2015-16 season, Jelavić returned to Croatia, joining NK Solin. He was sent off on debut against Dinamo Zagreb II but scored in his next game against NK Lučko.

Jelavić spent the 2021/22 season in the Cypriot Second Division playing for Akritas Chlorakas, scoring 11 goals in 26 matches.^[3] He moved subsequently to the Slovenian Second Division side NK Krka, leaving the club as a free agent in January 2023,^[4] having scored one goal in twelve matches.