Ante Blažević

From Kaštel Sućurac, Blažević practiced athletics and football, having started his football career at Omladinac Vranjic and Jadran Kaštel Sućurac, before joining the HNK Hajduk Split academy. A forward, compared to Zlatko Vujović in his academy years, he became a youth national team player as well, but his stay proved to be rocky due to contract demands, with the player leaving the club for several months during his U17 years and training with GOŠK Kaštela, before returning to the team. Finally, in 2014, Blažević and his family refused to sign a professional contract with Hajduk, the negotiations having fallen through, the family stating that they felt Blažević wasn't being valued enough by the club, and, on the other side, the club not accepting terms such as one of the highest wages in the club, goal bonuses, guaranteed playing time, free-kick taking priority and others. Despite the urging of his agent Tonči Martić to stay at Hajduk, Blažević, subsequently admitting impatience, decided to accept an offer from the Belgian side K.V. Oostende.