Frane Bitunjac (born 4 September 1997 in

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) is a

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who plays as a

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for Primorac Biograd.

Club career

Frane was born in

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but grew up in Kričak and he lived in

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near

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, playing for youth team of Dinara Knin. He moved to Šibenik and was a constant member of

n youth teams. On 31 January 2014 it was announced that Frane will join Fiorentina in summer of 2014 for an undisclosed fee. After joining HNK Šibenik and not playing enough, Frane signed for NK Zagora Unesic football club playing in 3rd Croatian league.I mlađi Bitunjac Šubićevac zamijenio Borovištem, u Zagoru stiglo i pojačanje iz Dugopolja
�� sibenskiportal.rtl.hr, 2 September 2017 Frane showed his huge talent playing as a central midfielder and become one of the best players on the team.

References

1997 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers HNK Šibenik players NK Zagora Unešić players HNK Primorac Biograd na Moru players First Football League (Croatia) players Second Football League (Croatia) players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-bio-stub