Frano Mlinar

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Frano Mlinar
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Istra 1961
Number 4
Youth career
1999–2010 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Dinamo Zagreb 1 (0)
2010–2012 Lokomotiva 27 (0)
2012–2013 Inter Zaprešić 41 (2)
2013–2016 Udinese 0 (0)
2014–2015Aarau (loan) 14 (0)
2015–2016Inter Zaprešić (loan) 29 (0)
2016–2017 Wil 20 (0)
2017–2018 Mezőkövesd 21 (1)
2018–2019 Lokomotiva 12 (0)
2019–2020 Inter Zaprešić 30 (1)
2020–2021 Slaven Belupo 25 (0)
2021– Istra 1961 76 (4)
International career
2007 Croatia U15 5 (0)
2008 Croatia U16 5 (1)
2008–2009 Croatia U17 10 (1)
2009–2010 Croatia U18 9 (2)
2010–2011 Croatia U19 13 (1)
2011–2013 Croatia U20 9 (0)
2013–2014 Croatia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:20, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Frano Mlinar (born 30 March 1992) is a Croatian professional football who plays as a midfielder for Istra 1961.

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Club career

A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, Mlinar was promoted to the club's first team squad in January 2010, and had his professional league debut in the second part of the 2009–10 season. However, he made only one appearance for the club before the end of season and was subsequently loaned to NK Lokomotiva, Dinamo's farm team, in June 2010, staying there for a year and a half before cancelling his contract with Dinamo and moving to NK Inter Zaprešić.

On 1 July 2013, Mlinar joined Italian club Udinese Calcio for €1 million and he was given shirt number 14.

On 8 June 2021, Mlinar signed with Istra. [1]

International career

Internationally, Mlinar represented Croatia at all youth levels up until the Croatia under-21 team. [2]

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References

  1. "Frano Mlinar novi je igrač Istre 1961". NK Istra 1961 (in Croatian). 8 June 2021.
  2. "CFF :. Statistics - Caps: Frano Mlinar". Croatian Football Federation . Retrieved 1 September 2010.