Central Coast Mariners Having come through the
Central Coast Mariners Academy after receiving a scholarship from TAG Foundation, Balard made his professional football debut in the
2020–21 season against
Macarthur FC. Balard properly broke through to be a regular member of the first team in the
2021–22 season, and at the end of that season signed an extension to stay with the club until the end of the 2023–24 season. To start the
2022–23 season, Balard captained the Mariners for the first time in a
2022 Australia Cup tie against
Sydney FC, in the interim of previous captain
Oliver Bozanic leaving and next captain
Danny Vukovic being yet to arrive at the club. Balard was in the starting XI for the
2023 Grand Final as the Mariners won the A-League Championship with a 6–1 victory over
Melbourne City at
Western Sydney Stadium. The
2023–24 season turned out to be another successful season, both individually and as a team for Balard. Balard was part of the Mariners' Championship, Premiership and
AFC Cup winning
2023–24 season. Balard won the Mariners Medal as the club's best player over the season. In July 2024, the club revealed that Balard had signed a season long extension, however there was an agreement that he could leave on a free transfer should the player receive an offer from an overeas club.
NAC Breda The same day Balard left
Central Coast Mariners, it was announced that he joined Dutch club
NAC Breda on a three-year contract. == International career ==