Boris Rapaić (born 24 October 1997) is a Croatian

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who plays as a

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for

Dugopolje Dugopolje is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. The name ''Dugopolje'' literally translates as 'long field'. The town has a population of over 3469, 99.5% which are Croats. Noted in Dugopolje is Vranjača cave. Dugopolje ...

Club career

Born in Split, Rapaić joined

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

in 2007, from

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. In January 2015, he moved abroad after agreeing to an initial six-month loan deal with

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. He returned to Hajduk in July 2016, and started to appear with the reserve team. In February 2018, Rapaić joined Fenerbahçe SK and was assigned to their under-21 (A2) squad. In July he was released, and subsequently had trials at

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. On 24 July 2019, Rapaić switched teams and countries again after signing for

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

; he was initially assigned to

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. He made his professional debut on 18 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca in the

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championship. On 31 January 2020, after one appearance for the main squad and one for the B-side, Rapaić terminated his contract with the Canarians.

Personal life

Rapaić's father

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was also a footballer. An

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, he also started his career at Hajduk.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rapaic, Boris 1997 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Croatian men's footballers Men's association football forwards HNK Hajduk Split players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players NK Dugopolje players Segunda División players Segunda División B players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Spain