During the next season he signed for HNK Hajduk Split where he played until 1994 when he returned to Zadar where he stayed for couple of months.
His next stop in his career was NK Istra where he played for a season and a half until he joined HNK Šibenik in 1997.
[1] After time spent in Prva HNL he joined his first and only club abroad, the Slovenian side NK Maribor, where he had his best years.
Balajić scored an important goal in the second leg of the third qualifying round against Olympique Lyonnais, which was won by Maribor 3–0 on aggregate.
He then played for the team in group stages and scored one of two Maribor goals in the process, against FC Dynamo Kyiv.
After one year at Hajduk Split, Balajić became the manager of NK Dugopolje once again on 8 August 2014[9] but only one month later, he resigned.