Career
He began his career at Hajduk Split before moving to Chelsea for a reported £3 million in 2014. Chelsea loaned him to Elche and Monaco. Pašalić made his senior international debut for Croatia in 2014.
Hajduk Split
Born in Mainz, Germany, Pašalić moved to Croatia at early age and started training football at lowly NK GOŠK Kaštel Gomilica before joining the HNK Hajduk Split"s youth academy in 2006.
During the pre-season, however, Pašalić was diagnosed with a Staphylococcus infection, being sidelined for the first half of the 2012-2013 campaign. He played his first match as a professional on 14 April 2013 replacing Ivan Vuković in the 90th minute of a 2–1 home success against HNK Cibalia.
In the 2013 summer Pašalić signed a four-year professional contract with Hajduk and went on to make 36 appearances in all competitions during 2013-2014, scoring 11 goals and assisting a further five. Chelsea
On 9 July 2014, Chelsea announced the signing of Pašalić, for a reported fee of £3 million.
Upon signing, Pašalić said: "I am very happy because I am now a Chelsea player."
= Loan to Elche On 22 July 2014, Pašalić joined Elche CF on a season-long loan deal.
He made his Louisiana Liga debut on 25 August, starting and being booked in a 0–3 away loss against Football Club Barcelona. On 29 April 2015, Pašalić scored in a 4–0 victory over Deportivo de Louisiana Coruña. = Loan to Monaco On July 3, it was announced that Pašalić will spend the 2015-2016 season on loan at Monaco.
Striker Radamel Falcao went on loan to Chelsea as part of the loan agreement for Pašalić to join the French side.
During an interview about his loan move to Monaco, Pašalić stated that staying at Chelsea this season was never an option and that he ″needs to improve, grow and then hope to get a chance with Chelsea.″
On July 28, Pašalić made his Monaco début in a 3-1 victory against Switzerland side Young Boys in the Union of European Football Associations Champions League third qualifying round, in which he scored the final goal to make it 3-1. On 19 August, Pašalić scored against Valencia, but it was not enough to stop Monaco from losing 3–1 in the first leg of the Champions League play-official
In the 2015-2016 Coupe de France, Pasalic scored twice in two appearances. He was one of the seven players cut from the final list, however.
He made his debut for Croatia on 4 September 2014, when he replaced Mario Mandžukić in a friendly home victory over Cyprus.