Raul Alexander Florucz (born 10 June 2001) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

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and the Austria national team.

Club career

Florucz made his debut in the

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

for

Lokomotiva Zagreb Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb (), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the country's top division. Founded in 1 ...

on 17 July 2021 in a match against

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. In January 2023, he agreed to join

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

team Olimpija Ljubljana during the summer transfer window (before the 2023–24 season), signing a three-year contract. He made his debut for Olimpija on 11 July in the first leg of the

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first qualifying round against

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, which Olimpija won 2–1. On 17 June 2025, Florucz joined

side

by signing a contract until 2029.

International career

In March 2025,

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, the manager of the Austria national team, called up Florucz for the

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play-offs against

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Personal life

Florucz was born in Austria to Romanian parents from Arad. His maternal grandfather, Mihai Mironiuc, was an international handball player for

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Hrvatski Dragovoljac * Croatian Second League:

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Olimpija Ljubljana *

: 2024–25 Individual *Slovenian PrvaLiga Player of the Year: 2024–25 *Slovenian PrvaLiga Team of the Season: 2024–25 *Slovenian PrvaLiga top scorer: 2024–25

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* * * (national team) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Florucz, Raul 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Vöcklabruck Footballers from Upper Austria Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's international footballers Austrian people of Romanian descent Men's association football wingers First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Belgian Pro League players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players NK Sesvete players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium 21st-century Austrian sportsmen