Fran Karačić (; born 12 May 1996) is a professional

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player who plays as a right back for Lokomotiva. Born in Croatia, he plays for the

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Club career

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

International career

Karacic was eligible to represent Croatia or

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due to his father being born in

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. In May 2018, Karačić was named in

's preliminary 26-man squad for the

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in Russia. On 25 May 2018, he was officially cleared by

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to represent Australia. Karačić was later cut from the final squad. 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. He was named in Australia's squad for the

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in November 2022.

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* * 1996 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Soccer players from Sydney Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Australian people of Croatian descent NK Lučko players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Brescia Calcio players Croatian Football League players Serie B players Men's association football defenders Australian expatriate men's soccer players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 2022 FIFA World Cup players {{Australia-footy-bio-stub