Fran Karačić

Fran Karačić (Croatian pronunciation: [frâŋ kâratʃitɕ];^[A] born 12 May 1996) is a professional soccer player who plays as a right back for Hajduk Split. Born in Croatia, he plays for the Australia national team.

Fran Karačić

Karačić in training with Australia in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Fran Karačić[1]
Date of birth	(1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Hajduk Split
Number	29
Youth career
0000	Kustošija
0000–2012	NK Zagreb
2012–2016	Lokomotiva
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2020	Lokomotiva	103	(7)
2015	→ Lučko (loan)	8	(0)
2020–2021	Dinamo Zagreb	0	(0)
2020–2021	→ Lokomotiva (loan)	26	(1)
2021–2023	Brescia	54	(0)
2024	Rudeš	9	(1)
2024–2025	Lokomotiva	34	(4)
2025–	Hajduk Split	0	(0)
International career‡
2017	Croatia U21	7	(2)
2021–	Australia	15	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2025

Club career

On 14 January 2021, Karačić joined Serie B side Brescia on a two-and-a-half-year deal.^[3]

After departing Brescia at the end of the 2022–23 season which ended with relegation to Serie C, Karačić spent the rest of 2023 without a club before signing with Rudeš on 31 January 2024.^[4]

Karačić would leave Rudeš at the end of the 2023–24 season to rejoin his first professional club Lokomotiva, eventually becoming captain of the side after six months.

On 8 July 2025, Karačić joined Hajduk Split until the end of the 2027–28 season.^[5]

International career

Karacic was eligible to represent Croatia or Australia due to his father being born in Sydney.^[6]

In May 2018, Karačić was named in Australia's preliminary 26-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[7] On 25 May 2018, he was officially cleared by FIFA to represent Australia.^[8] Karačić was later cut from the final squad.^[9][10]

Karačić was called up to the Australian squad again for a series of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying games in June 2021, where he made his international debut against Kuwait.^[11]

He was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November 2022, making two appearances against Tunisia and eventual champions Argentina as Australia were knocked out by the latter.^[12][13]

Karačić would not be called up to the national team after the World Cup for the next two and a half years owing to his club situation before being called up in March 2025 for Australia's crucial World Cup qualifiers against Indonesia and China, where he came off the bench in both games as Australia took big steps towards qualification by winning both games.^[14][15][16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 December 2024^[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lokomotiva	2014-15	1. HNL	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2015-16	1. HNL	10	0	0	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2016-17	1. HNL	19	3	1	0	1[b]	0	—		21	3
	2017-18	1. HNL	26	1	3	0	—		—		29	1
	2018-19	1. HNL	32	1	2	0	—		—		34	1
	2019-20	1 HNL	30	2	3	1	—		—		33	3
	Total		117	7	9	1	1	0	0	0	127	8
Lučko (loan)	2014-15	2. HNL	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
Dinamo Zagreb	2020-21	1. HNL	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Lokomotiva (loan)	2020-21	1. HNL	12	1	2	0	2[c]	0	—		16	1
Brescia	2020-21	Serie B	15	0	0	0	—		1[d]	0	16	0
	2021-22	Serie B	17	0	0	0	—		1[d]	0	18	0
	2022-23	Serie B	22	0	1	0	—		2[e]	0	25	0
	Total		54	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	59	0
Rudeš	2023-24	HNL	9	1	1	0	—		—		10	1
Lokomotiva	2024-25	HNL	18	2	1	0	—		—		19	2
Career total			218	11	14	1	3	0	4	0	239	12

1. Includes Croatian Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, One appearance in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance(s) in Serie B Promotion play-offs
5. Appearance(s) in Serie B Relegation play-out

International

As of match played 3 December 2022^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	2021	6	1
	2022	7	0
	2025	2	0
Total		15	1

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karačić goal.

List of international goals scored by Fran Karačić

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	11 June 2021	Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Nepal	2–0	3–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[19]