Filip Braut (born 5 June 2002) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Orijent.

Club career

Born in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, Braut progressed through the youth academy of hometown club

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

. He made his professional debut on 25 May 2019 against

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, on the last matchday of the 2018–19 season. He was utilised as a

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in the 1–1 draw. With this appearance, he became the youngest player to debut for the club at 16 years, 11 months and 20 days. Braut signed his first professional contract on 26 February 2020. On 1 August 2020, Braut started in the

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final against

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, where he won his first trophy after a 1–0 win.

International career

From 2018 to 2019, Braut represented the Croatia U17, where he won eight caps.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Rijeka *

: 2018–19, 2019–20

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Braut, Filip 2002 births Living people Footballers from Rijeka Men's association football defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Rijeka players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players HNK Orijent players Croatian Football League players