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
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 107 (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 14:32, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021

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.[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 no goals. His final international was a May 2017 friendly match against Mexico.[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 19 June 2023
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hajduk Split 2014–15 Prva HNL 7210——82
2015–16 Prva HNL 3175070—437
2016–17 Prva HNL 2733241—346
2017–18 Prva HNL 2023040—272
2018–19 Prva HNL 2412010—271
Total 10915142161—13918
Raków Częstochowa 2019–20 Ekstraklasa 161———161
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 29150——341
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 312506[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]1433
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 312416[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0425
Total 10761411222113510
Career total 216212832832127428
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. Appearance in Polish Super Cup

International
Scores and results list Croatia's goal tally first.[9]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 May 2017Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Mexico2–02–1Friendly

Honours

Raków Częstochowa

Individual

References
  1. "Fránjo". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Frȁn
  2. "Tèodor". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Tȕdor
  3. Tata Tudor: Pranjić je Frana u Ateni hranio i oblačio at Večernji List
  4. Tata Tudor za Goal: Uvjet za nogomet Franu je bila škola, a u Ateni ga je Pranjić hranio i oblačio at Goal.com
  5. "Gogijeva dica" nadigrala Rijeku, a onda sve prosula u dvije minute at Slobodna Dalmacija
  6. "Fran Tudor nowym zawodnikiem Rakowa". rakow.com (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  7. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. Pet stvari koje niste znali o... Franu Tudoru! at Hajduk.hr
  9. "F. Tudor". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  10. "Football: Raków Częstochowa beat Arka Gdynia in Polish Cup final". Polskie Radio. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  11. "Walka o Superpuchar trwa nadal! Śledź relację! [NA ŻYWO]" [The fight for the Super Cup continues! Follow the report! [LIVE]]. sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. "Kamil Grosicki piłkarzem sezonu w PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasie!" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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