Karlo Igor Majić (born 3 March 1998) is a Croatian

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who plays as a

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for NK Rudes.

Club career

Majić started practicing football at the age of 7 at the now-defunct Radnik in his hometown of

Velika Gorica Velika Gorica (; meaning "Great Vineyard/Forest") is the largest and most populous city in Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2011 census the city itself has a population of 31,341, while the municipality has a population of 63,517 inhabita ...

, where he played, apart from a short stint in 2008 at

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian amateur football club based in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of ...

, until the club was disbanded and merged with

HNK Gorica Hrvatski nogometni klub Gorica ( en, Croatian Football Club Gorica), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica or simply Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They pl ...

, which he joined in 2009. At the age of 14, he was scouted by

GNK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

and joined their academy. In 2016, he joined the U-19 team of

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

, earning a three-year professional contract with the club in July 2017, having scored 16 goals in 25 games. After a year and a half playing for

Fortuna Fortuna ( la, Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at ...

's reserve team, Majić was loaned out to

Krško Krško (; german: Gurkfeld) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain ( sl, Krško polje), which is part of the larger Krka Flat ...

in the

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. He made his professional debut for the club on 24 February 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for

Sandi Ogrinec Sandi Ogrinec (born 5 June 1998) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club WSG Tirol. Club career Ogrinec made his professional debut in Slovenian PrvaLiga for Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; ...

in the home match against Olimpija Ljubljana, which finished as a 1–4 loss.

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Karlo Majić
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