Mladen Karoglan (born 6 February 1964) is a Croatian retired football

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, who spent eight seasons playing in Portugal where he had shown his scoring ability.

Club career

Karoglan started as a junior at

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and after a spell at Iskra Bugojno, where he played alongside

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, he joined

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. After a season at

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he was lured to Portuguese side Chaves where he formed a strike partnership with Finnish international Kimmo Tarkkio.Za ovog Hrvata niste čuli, a napravio je velike stvari nakon što su ga potjerali iz Zagreba
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