Frano Mlinar (born 30 March 1992) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Zrinjski Mostar.

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

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, Dinamo's

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, 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

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for €1 million and he was given shirt number 14. On 8 June 2021, Mlinar signed with Istra.

International career

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

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