Danijel Rašić (born 5 October 1988 in

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) is a

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football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player currently playing for

HNK Zmaj Makarska HRNK Zmaj is a professional Croatian football club based in the town of Makarska. History HRNK Zmaj was founded in 1921. The first club president was Tonči Vuzio. From 1993 to 1996 club wore a sponsor name NK Zmaj-Euroherc. Achievements HR ...

in the

Croatian Third Football League The Treća nogometna liga ( eng, Third football league), commonly Treća NL or 3. NL) is the fourth tier of the Croatian football league system, football league system. The league was reestablished in 2022 following the reconstruction of league s ...

Career

Rašić started his career, alongside his identical twin brother

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, in their hometown club Zmaj Makarska, before moving on to the

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 ...

academy. Despite alleged interest from

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

, and games for the Croatia U19 team,Danijel Rašić
at hns.cff.hr the brothers didn't get contracts with Hajduk Split, and signed with the

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second ...

team

Mosor Mosor ( la, Massarus), or Mount Mosor (''Massarus Mons''; it, Monte Massaro), is a mountain range in Croatia located near the city of Split on the Adriatic coast. It belongs to Dinaric Alps, and it stretches from the pass of Klis in the northwe ...

. After a season there they both moved to

Imotski Imotski (; it, Imoschi; lat, Emotha, later ''Imota'') is a small town on the northern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Imotski, like the surrounding inland D ...

, and Danijel stayed for two seasons before rejoining his brother at the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

team

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had se ...

. Not getting a chance at Split, he moved on to

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, playing there until the club was suspended. In the summer of 2012 Rašić rejoined his first club Zmaj Makarska in the Treća HNL Jug for a season, followed by another half-season stint at

at the same level. At the beginning of 2014, Rašić joined the

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

team Krka.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasic, Danijel 1988 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football fullbacks Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Mosor players NK Imotski players RNK Split players NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players HNK Zmaj Makarska players NK Krka players NK Metalleghe-BSI players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina