Fran Tudor

Fran Tudor (Croatian pronunciation: [frân tûdor];^[1][2] born 27 September 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or wing-back for Raków Częstochowa in the Ekstraklasa.

Fran Tudor

Tudor in 2023 with Raków Częstochowa
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, wing-back
Team information
Current team	Raków Częstochowa
Number	7
Youth career
2004–2005	Mladost Buzin
2005–2007	Dinamo Zagreb
2007–2013	NK Zagreb
2014	Panathinaikos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	Hajduk Split	109	(15)
2015	→ Hajduk Split B	8	(0)
2020–	Raków Częstochowa	164	(6)
International career
2013	Croatia U19	2	(0)
2015–2016	Croatia U21	7	(0)
2017	Croatia	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:44, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Tudor started his career with lower-tier side Mladost Buzin, originally playing as a forward, aged 10 he was spotted by GNK Dinamo Zagreb scouts and moved there, but two years later moved to NK Zagreb where he spent most of his youth career, moving gradually to a right back role. In 2014, he moved to Greece, joining the U20 side of Panathinaikos, where he was helped and mentored by Danijel Pranjić^[3]

After a year in Greece, Tudor moved back to Croatia, signing a three and a half-year^[4] contract with HNK Hajduk Split. Initially playing for the third-tier B team, where coach Mario Osibov moved him to a more offensive right wing role, he was moved to the first team by the newly appointed sports director/coach Goran Vučević for the match against HNK Rijeka on 18 April 2015, on which he debuted in the first team, scoring the leading goal from a header in the 44th minute in what would be a 1–2 loss for his team, before he was replaced in the 62nd minute by Josip Bašić.^[5]

On 27 December 2019, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the option of prolonging it for another two years with Polish Ekstraklasa club Raków Częstochowa.^[6]

International career

He made his debut for Croatia in a January 2017 China Cup match against Chile, coming on as a 57th-minute substitute for Filip Ozobić, and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring one goal. His final international was a May 2017 friendly match against Mexico in which he scored his only goal for Croatia.^[7]

Personal life

Tudor is an alumnus of the XIII. High School in Zagreb. He is a distant cousin of Igor Tudor, both of them having roots in the village of Milna on the island of Hvar.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hajduk Split	2014–15	Prva HNL	7	2	1	0	—		—		8	2
	2015–16	Prva HNL	31	7	5	0	7[b]	0	—		43	7
	2016–17	Prva HNL	27	3	3	2	4[b]	1	—		34	6
	2017–18	Prva HNL	20	2	3	0	4[b]	0	—		27	2
	2018–19	Prva HNL	24	1	2	0	1[b]	0	—		27	1
	Total		109	15	14	2	16	1	—		139	18
Raków Częstochowa	2019–20	Ekstraklasa	16	1	—		—		—		16	1
	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	29	1	5	0	—		—		34	1
	2021–22	Ekstraklasa	31	2	5	0	6[c]	0	1[d]	1	43	3
	2022–23	Ekstraklasa	31	2	4	1	6[c]	2	1[d]	0	42	5
	2023–24	Ekstraklasa	27	0	3	0	13[e]	2	1[d]	0	44	2
	2024–25	Ekstraklasa	30	0	1	0	—		—		31	0
	Total		164	6	18	1	25	4	3	1	210	12
Career total			273	21	32	3	41	5	3	1	349	30

1. Includes Croatian Football Cup, Polish Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
5. Eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Croatia
	2017	3	1
Total		3	1

Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tudor goal.^[10]

List of international goals scored by Fran Tudor

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 May 2017	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Mexico	2–0	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Raków Częstochowa

• Ekstraklasa: 2022–23
• Polish Cup: 2020–21,^[11] 2021–22
• Polish Super Cup: 2021,^[12] 2022

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Defender of the Season: 2022–23^[13]