Frane Poparić (born 4 January 1959 in

Sinj Sinj () is a List of cities and towns in Croatia, town in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. As of the 2021 Croatian census, 2021 census, the population was 23,500 people, of which 10,800 inhabited its urban core. Sinj is k ...

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) is a

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n retired football defender who played for several Croatian and foreign football clubs.

Career

Poparić began playing football with home town side

NK Junak Sinj Nogometni Klub Junak Sinj (''Football Club Junak Sinj''), commonly referred to as Junak Sinj or just Junak, is a professional Croatian football club based in the town of Sinj, in the southern Croatian region of Dalmatia. They currently compete ...

at age 14. He played professionally with

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, VSE St. Pölten and

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1959 births Living people Footballers from Sinj Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Croatian men's footballers HNK Hajduk Split players NK Solin players FC Stahl Linz (2013) players SKN St. Pölten players HNK Šibenik players Yugoslav First League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Croatian Football League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria Croatian expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub