Fran Karačić

Fran Karačić
Karačić in training with Australia in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Fran Karačić[1]
Date of birth (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Lokomotiva
Number 13
Youth career
Kustošija
–2012 NK Zagreb
2012–2016 Lokomotiva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Lokomotiva 103 (7)
2015 → Lučko (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 Dinamo Zagreb 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Lokomotiva (loan) 26 (1)
2021–2023 Brescia 54 (0)
2024 Rudeš 9 (1)
2024– Lokomotiva 18 (2)
International career‡
2017 Croatia U21 7 (2)
2021– Australia 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:22, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Fran Karačić (Croatian pronunciation: [frâŋ kâratʃitɕ];[A] born 12 May 1996) is a professional soccer player who plays as a right back for Lokomotiva. Born in Croatia, he plays for the Australia national team.

Club career

On 14 January 2021, Karačić joined Serie B side Brescia on a two-and-a-half-year deal.[3]

International career

Karacic was eligible to represent Croatia or Australia due to his father being born in Sydney.[4]

In May 2018, Karačić was named in Australia's preliminary 26-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5] On 25 May 2018, he was officially cleared by FIFA to represent Australia.[6] Karačić was later cut from the final squad.[7][8]

Karačić was called up to the Australian squad again for a series of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying games in June 2021, where he made his international debut against Kuwait.[9]

He was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November 2022.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 December 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lokomotiva 2014-15 1. HNL 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2015-16 1. HNL 10 0 0 0 0 0 — 10 0
2016-17 1. HNL 19 3 1 0 1[b] 0 — 21 3
2017-18 1. HNL 26 1 3 0 — — 29 1
2018-19 1. HNL 32 1 2 0 — — 34 1
2019-20 1 HNL 30 2 3 1 — — 33 3
Total 117 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 127 8
Lučko (loan) 2014-15 2. HNL 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2020-21 1. HNL 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Lokomotiva (loan) 2020-21 1. HNL 12 1 2 0 2[c] 0 — 16 1
Brescia 2020-21 Serie B 15 0 0 0 — 1[d] 0 16 0
2021-22 Serie B 17 0 0 0 — 1[d] 0 18 0
2022-23 Serie B 22 0 1 0 — 2[e] 0 25 0
Total 54 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 59 0
Rudeš 2023-24 HNL 9 1 1 0 — — 10 1
Lokomotiva 2024-25 HNL 18 2 1 0 — — 19 2
Career total 218 11 14 1 3 0 4 0 239 12
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, One appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Serie B Promotion play-offs
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Serie B Relegation play-out

International

As of match played 3 December 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Australia 2021 6 1
2022 7 0
Total 13 1
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karačić goal.
List of international goals scored by Fran Karačić
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 11 June 2021 Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait    Nepal 2–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [13]

References

  1. ^ In isolation, Fran is pronounced [frân].
  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – Squad List: Australia (AUS)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ Fran Karačić at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Fran Karačić è un nuovo giocatore del Brescia". Brescia Calcio. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. ^ "'Like a dream': The Socceroo proud to represent the country he's never visited". smh.com.au. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "FIFA gives seal of approval to Karacic's Socceroos switch". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. ^ 'Almost Socceroo' Karacic: No regrets over chasing World Cup spot theworldgame.sbs.com.au
  8. ^ "World Cup 2018: Tim Cahill selected in Australia's 23-man squad". BBC Sport. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Socceroos quartet back from wilderness". Yahoo Sports. 26 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. ^ "SOCCEROOS SQUAD ANNOUNCED: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™". Socceroos. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  11. ^ Fran Karačić at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Fran Karačić". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Nepal vs. Australia". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 January 2025.


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