Antonio Franja

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Antonio Franja
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Full name Antonio Franja
Date of birth (1978-06-08) 8 June 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 Samobor 4 (0)
1998–1999 Croatia Sesvete 20 (3)
1999–2000 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 20 (3)
2000–2002 NK Zagreb 52 (16)
2002–2003 Bursaspor 19 (3)
2003–2004 NK Zagreb 23 (2)
2004–2005 Inter Zaprešić 20 (2)
2005–2006 Vitória Setúbal 14 (1)
2006–2007 Šibenik 12 (3)
2007–2008 Jeonbuk Hyundai 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Franja (born 8 June 1978) is a retired Croatian professional footballer who played as a left winger.

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Club career

Franja been through football school NK Dinamo Zagreb. As a junior he signed with NK Croatia Zagreb (Dinamo ). He later went on a loan to NK Croatia Sesvete and as a 20 year old player he won the best second division player trophy. He then moved to NK Hrv. Dragovoljac for only one season. Then he signed with NK Zagreb and in 2001/2002 season they won the championship. In the 2002/2003 season he was signed to Turkish club Bursaspor. Franja moved to Portugal in the summer of 2005 to Vitória de Setúbal, [1] where he remained for one season before returning to Croatia to play for HNK Šibenik. [2]

Franja's only first team goal came on 6 January 2006, in a Primeira Liga game against C.D. Nacional. [3] [4]

Franja was part of the Vitória de Setúbal side who played in the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, and reached the final of the 2005–06 Taça de Portugal. [5] [6]

For the 2007/2008 season he signed with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in South Korea and after one year he returned to Croatia where he stopped playing professional football and started playing Futsal first division for MNK Uspinjaca. He finished his career in MNK Futsal Dinamo where he continued to work in the club.

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References

  1. "Franja arrives today" [Fernández signs until 2015]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 July 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  2. "Franja sai desiludido" [Franja leaves disappointed]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 May 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  3. "NACIONAL-V. SETÚBAL, 2-2 (André Pinto 70, 84; Franja [g.p.] 35, Lacombe 90+1)". Record (in Portuguese). 6 January 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  4. "Nacional 2-2 V. Setúbal". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  5. "Benfica 1-0 V. Setúbal". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  6. "FC Porto 1-0 V. Setúbal". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2013.