Hrvoje Vejić is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n football

Football (soccer)

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 player. He plays at the center-back position and is currently a member of Hajduk Split.

Career

In 1998 Vejić started his football career in the Croatian capital with NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

, 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

Russia

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.

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

Croatia national under-21 football team

The Croatia national under-21 football team, also known as Croatia under-21 or Croatia U21 is a youth association football national team which represents Croatia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Croatia national football team....

 between 1998 and 1999 in the qualifying matches for the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.Italy U-21s won the...

. He made his first appearance for the senior team

Croatia national football team

The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...

 against Norway in a friendly match on February 7, 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

Dario Kneževic

Dario Knežević is a Croatian football defender who currently plays for Italian club Livorno and the Croatian national team.-Club career:...

 replaced regular starters Kovač

Robert Kovac

Robert Kovač is a retired Croatian football defender.- Early career :Kovač started his career in lower league clubs Rapide Wedding and Hertha Zehlendorf before making his Bundesliga debut with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1995...

 and Šimunić

Josip Šimunic

Josip Šimunić is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team.-Club career:...

, who were being rested.

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