Husein Balić
.jpg) Balić with St. Pölten in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 February 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Steyr, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | WSG Tirol | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | SK Vorwärts Steyr | ||
| 2010–2013 | AKA Linz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Vorwärts Steyr | 42 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | SSt. Pölten II | 30 | (6) |
| 2015–2019 | St. Pölten | 61 | (7) |
| 2020–2024 | LASK | 77 | (10) |
| 2023 | → Rheindorf Altach (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2024–2026 | ŁKS Łódź | 42 | (6) |
| 2025 | ŁKS Łódź II | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | WSG Tirol | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Austria U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2020 | Austria | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:30, 3 August 2026 (UTC) | |||
Husein Balić (born 15 February 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian Bundesliga club WSG Tirol.
Club career
He made his Austrian Football Bundesliga debut for SKN St. Pölten on 23 September 2017 in a game against FC Admira Wacker Mödling.[2]
LASK
On 23 December 2019, LASK confirmed that Balić had joined the club on a contract until the summer 2024.[3]
ŁKS Łódź
On 10 January 2024, Balić joined Polish Ekstraklasa side ŁKS Łódź on a contract until June 2025, with an option for another year.[4] He scored on his debut in a 2–1 away league defeat against Korona Kielce on 12 February.[5] His contract was mutually terminated on 6 February 2026; in his two-year stint at the club, Balić made 45 appearances and scored six goals for the senior team, and featured once for the reserve team.[6]
International career
Born in Austria, Balić is of Bosnian descent and was born to a Bosniak family.[7] He made his debut for Austria national football team on 11 November 2020 in a friendly game against Luxembourg. He substituted Valentino Lazaro in the 58th minute.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 November 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vorwärts Steyr | 2013–14 | Austrian Regionalliga Central | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | |
| 2014–15 | Austrian Regionalliga Central | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||
| Total | 42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | ||
| St. Pölten | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 3 | 4 | 5 | — | 33 | 8 | ||
| 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | 4 | ||
| Total | 61 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 12 | ||
| LASK | 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7[c] | 2 | 41 | 8 | |
| 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11[d] | 4 | 41 | 8 | |
| 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 77 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 112 | 21 | ||
| Rheindorf Altach (loan) | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| ŁKS Łódź | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | I liga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | I liga | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Total | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | ||
| ŁKS Łódź II | 2024–25 | II liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 235 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 284 | 43 | ||
- ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Polish Cup
- ↑ Appearance in the Austrian Bundesliga relegation play-offs
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, one appearance in Austrian Bundesliga Europa Conference League play-offs
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | |||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References
- 1 2 "Husein Balic". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 23 September 2017.
- ↑ LASK VERPFLICHTET HUSEIN BALIC, lask.at, 23 December 2019
- ↑ "Husein Balić nowym piłkarzem ŁKS" (in Polish). ŁKS Łódź. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ↑ "Korona Kielce grała do końca! Cudowny wolej w doliczonym czasie". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ↑ Wątorski, Paweł (6 February 2026). "ŁKS Łódź rozstał się z pomocnikiem. Zawodnik odchodzi za porozumieniem stron". goal.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 February 2026.
- ↑ Smith, Chad C. (17 March 2021). "Rumor: Sporting KC Linked to 25-Year-Old Left Winger Husein Balic". The Blue Testament.
- ↑ "Luxembourg v Austria game report". ESPN. 11 November 2020.
- ↑ "Husein Balić". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
External links
- Husein Balić at Soccerway
- Husein Balić at WorldFootball.net
- Husein Balić at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Steyr
- Austrian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's under-21 international footballers
- Austria men's international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- SK Vorwärts Steyr players
- SKN St. Pölten players
- LASK players
- ŁKS Łódź players
- WSG Tirol players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Austrian Regionalliga players
- Ekstraklasa players
- I liga players
- II liga players
- Austrian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- 21st-century Austrian sportsmen