Frane Ikić (born 19 June 1994) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Velež Mostar.

Club career

Ikić made his professional debut for

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on 17 November 2012, coming on as a substitute. In his first three seasons with Zadar in the

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he scored 2 goals in 44 appearances. On 15 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Prim ...

, with the possibility of an additional two-year extension. On 19 January 2017, Ikić joined

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...

club

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. After appearing in just one match for Koper, Ikić left the club and joined Cibalia. After Cibalia, he returned to and had a brief spell at Zadar. In summer 2019, he returned to Slovenia and joined Fužinar. On 1 February 2020, Ikić signed a six month contract with a possibility of an extension with

club Željezničar. He made his official debut for Željezničar in a 3–0 win against

Zvijezda 09 Fudbalski klub Zvijezda 09 (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Фудбалски клуб Звијезда 09'') is a professional association football club from the village of Brgule, near the city of Bijeljina, Republika Srpska that is situated in Bosnia and ...

on 29 February 2020. On 6 June 2020, Ikić extended his contract with Željezničar, which is due to last until June 2021. Ikić scored his first goal for Željezničar on 28 October 2020, in a league match against

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. He left Željezničar in June 2021.

International career

Ikić represented

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at various youth levels between 2013 and 2015.

Honours

Rijeka *

runner-up: 2015–16 Željezničar *

runner-up: 2019–20

References

External links

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Frane Ikić
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Ikic, Frane 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Zadar Association football central defenders Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers Croatia under-21 international footballers NK Zadar players HNK Rijeka players HNK Rijeka II players FC Koper players HNK Cibalia players NK Fužinar players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Gyirmót FC Győr players FK Velež Mostar players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate footballers in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary