Ivan Elez (born 9 September 1981) is a Croatian retired football player. Club career Elez was born in Split and started to play football in the mid-1990s at local club NK Omladinac Vranjic. In 1994, he was spotted by Hajduk Split, and started his professional career by joining the club in March of that year. He played for Hajduk until 1999, before moving to then second-division club NK Mosor, originally starting in the reserve team. After two seasons, he was promoted to the first team. After two seasons with Mosor, he left and signed with NK Uskok, where he played for two seasons with some success. In the summer of 2005, Elez left Uskok and started to play for NK Slaven Belupo in the Croatian First Division, where he remained for two seasons, before joining NK Zadar. Elez remained at Zadar for one season, before leaving to play with Second Division side NK Solin. After just half a season with Solin, Ivan returned to the first division, signing a contract with HNK Šibenik. External links 1981 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Association football midfielders Croatian footballers NK Mosor players NK Uskok players NK Slaven Belupo players NK Zadar players NK Solin players HNK Šibenik players NK Dugopolje players NK Šmartno 1928 players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Slovenian Second League players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary