Boris Rapaić (born 24 October 1997) is a Croatian

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Born in

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, Rapaić joined

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in 2007, from

NK Dugopolje NK Dugopolje is a Croatian professional football club based in the town of Dugopolje on the outskirts of Split, a city on the Adriatic coast. They were founded in 1952, and they currently play in the Prva nogometna liga (English: First footbal ...

. In January 2015, he moved abroad after agreeing to an initial six-month loan deal with

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. He returned to Hajduk in July 2016, and started to appear with the reserve team. In February 2018, Rapaić joined Fenerbahçe SK and was assigned to their under-21 (A2) squad. In July he was released, and subsequently had trials at

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. On 24 July 2019, Rapaić switched teams and countries again after signing for

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

; he was initially assigned to the B-team in

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. He made his professional debut on 18 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 0–1 home loss against

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

in the

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championship. On 31 January 2020, after one appearance for the main squad and one for the B-side, Rapaić terminated his contract with the

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Personal life

Rapaić's father

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was also a footballer. An

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, he also started his career at Hajduk.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rapaic, Boris 1997 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Croatian men's footballers Men's association football forwards HNK Hajduk Split players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players NK Dugopolje players Segunda División players Segunda División B players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Croatian sportsmen