Eli Babalj
- January 5, 2024
- Association Football Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Eli Babalj |
Occupation | Association Football Player |
Date Of Birth | Feb 21, 1992(1992-02-21) |
Age | 32 |
Birthplace | Sarajevo |
Country | Australia |
Birth City | Sarajevo |
Horoscope | Pisces |
Eli Babalj Biography
Name | Eli Babalj |
Birthday | Feb 21 |
Birth Year | 1992 |
Place Of Birth | Sarajevo |
Home Town | Sarajevo |
Birth Country | Australia |
Birth Sign | Pisces |
Eli Babalj is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 21, 1992 in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Australia. Eli Babalj (born 21 February 1992) is an Australian footballer who plays as a forward. At 1.95 m, Babalj is the joint second tallest player to have represented the Australia national association football team, behind Zeljko Kalac and alongside Robert Cornthwaite and Sasa Ognenovski.
On 7 June 2012 it was announced he had signed with Serbian Superliga contender Red Star Belgrade. He made his debut on 31 August 2012, against Bordeaux in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round. He scored his first goal on his league debut against FK Smederevo on 29 September 2012.
Eli Babalj made his return appearance to the A-League for the Melbourne Heart away to the Western Sydney Wanderers on Australia Day, 26 January 2013 as a 2nd half substitution.
On 24 July 2015, Alkmaar confirmed that they would allow Babalj to go out on loan back to Australia to Adelaide United for the 2015–16 A-League season. This would be Guillermo Amor’s first signing for Adelaide as the new manager. Babalj made his debut for Adelaide United as a substitute in the 2015 FFA Cup in Darwin against Darwin Olympic. He also scored his first goal to help Adelaide to a 6–1 win.
He has represented Australia at U-20 level during the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. He played in 4 qualification games, scoring 3 goals, against Singapore, and two against Chinese Taipei. Babalj also represented Australia at the AFF U-19 Youth Championship. He scored against Vietnam and the winning goal in the final of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship against Thailand. He made his debut for Australia’s senior team on 14 November 2012 in a friendly against South Korea. Babalj was selected in the Socceroo’s squad for the East Asian Cup qualification round. He started his first game for Australia against Guam in a 9–0 win, scoring a double before being substituted.
Eli Babalj Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Association Football Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Eli Babalj is one of the richest Association Football Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eli Babalj 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, Babalj has spent the majority of his life in Australia and started off playing with Perth SC. In 2008, he was signed by Perth Glory for their Youth League team. However, he was signed by the AIS for the 2009–10 season in which the AIS came last, however Babalj managed to find the net 9 times.
On 26 December it was announced that A-League expansion club Melbourne Heart had signed the then 17-year-old for their inaugural A-League 2010–11 season. He made his debut for the club in a friendly against Geelong All Stars XI and also scored his first goal in that match. He also took part in the friendly against Everton FC in which Heart lost 2–0. He made his debut for Melbourne Heart in the opening round of the 2010–11 A-League season against Central Coast Mariners at AAMI Park. During May 2012 it was announced that Serbian side Red Star Belgrade was scouting him.
On 19 April 2013, Dutch club AZ Alkmaar completed the signing of Eli for a fee believed to be in the region of $200,000.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 5 in |
Eli Babalj height 6 ft 5 in Eli weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Eli Babalj Dating?
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Babalj signed with Indian Super League club ATK for the 2018–19 season. He made his first appearance on 28 November 2018 against FC Goa, coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute. The match ended 0–0.
Facts & Trivia
Eli Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Eli Babalj celebrates birthday on February 21 of every year.