Igor Bubnjić (born 17 July 1992) is a retired Croatian

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who played as a

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Club career

Bubnjić started his career playing at youth level for Daruvar, before moving to the Slaven Belupo youth team in 2007. In the first part of the 2011–12 season, he was loaned to

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side

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where he was featured in 13 games scoring two times. He returned to Slaven Belupo after the winter break and made his debut for the first team as a late substitute in the 2–0 win against

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on 16 March 2012. He scored his first goal in

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in a 1–1 draw with

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on 6 May 2012. In September 2012, it was announced that Bubnjić signed a five-year contract with

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, but would remain at Slaven until the end of the season. On 1 October 2018, he moved to Malta, signing with Hibernians. He left the club in the summer 2019 after having played two games for the club and on 7 October 2019, Bubnjić announced his retirement at the age of 27, after being seriously injured for the past three years.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a June 2013

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against

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, coming on as a late substitute for

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and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a September 2013 friendly away against

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* * * * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers Croatia men's international footballers NK Koprivnica players NK Slaven Belupo players Udinese Calcio players AC Carpi players Brescia Calcio players NK Inter Zaprešić players Hibernians F.C. players Second Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Serie A players Serie B players Maltese Premier League players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Malta 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub