Franjo Prce (Croatian pronunciation: [frǎːɲo př̩ːtse];[1][2] born 7 January 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slovenian PrvaLiga side Koper.
![]() Prce lining up with Croatia U19 in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Koper | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Omladinac Vranjic | ||
2008–2014 | Hajduk Split | ||
2014–2015 | Lazio | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Lazio | 1 | (0) |
2016 | → Salernitana (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2017 | → Brescia (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2018 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Omonia | 17 | (1) |
2019 | Karpaty Lviv | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Varaždin | 8 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Slaven Belupo | 20 | (1) |
2021–2022 | East Bengal | 15 | (1) |
2022– | Koper | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2012 | Croatia U16 | 7 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Croatia U17 | 23 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Croatia U18 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Croatia U19 | 7 | (0) |
2017 | Croatia U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 July 2022 |
Born in Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prce started his career with the youth academy of Croatian club Hajduk Split. However, after the club's reluctance to hand him a professional contract and instead use him in the B-team, he refused to sign a contract extension proposal.[3] On 16 August 2014, he moved to Italian club Lazio for € 300,000 and signed a professional contract.[3] He featured 27 times for the Lazio Primavera during the 2014–15 season, with his team finishing runners-up to Torino in the Supercoppa Primavera.[4] On 13 January 2016, he was loaned out to Salernitana.[4]
On 23 October 2016, Prce made his first team debut for Lazio, replacing Felipe Anderson in a 2–2 draw against Torino in Serie A.[5] On 12 January 2017, he joined Brescia on a loan deal till June 2018.[6] After being used sparingly, he was recalled from his loan deal by his parent club.[7]
On 31 January 2018, Prce moved to Croatian club Istra 1961 again on a loan deal.[8] On 17 July 2018, he moved abroad and joined Cypriot club AC Omonia on a three-year contract.[9] On 25 August, he made his debut, and also scored a goal in a 1–0 victory over Alki Oroklini.[10]
On 15 September 2021, East Bengal announced that Prce had joined the Indian Super League club on a one-year deal.[11][12] He made his debut on 21 November against Jamshedpur FC in a 1–1 draw.
Prce was included in the Croatian under-17 team for the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[13] He also featured for the team in the 2013 FIFA under-17 World Cup.[14] On 18 March 2017, he was called to the Croatian under-21 team for a friendly match against Slovenia.[15]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lazio | 2014–15[16] | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2015–16[16] | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2016–17[16] | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Salernitana (loan) | 2015–16[16] | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Brescia (loan) | 2016–17[16] | Serie B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
Istar 1961 (loan) | 2017–18[16] | Prva HNL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Omonia | 2018–19[16] | Cypriot First Division | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 19 | 2 | |
Varaždin | 2019–20[16] | Prva HNL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
Slaven Belupo | 2020–21[16] | Prva HNL | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |
East Bengal | 2021–22[16] | Indian Super League | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
Career total | 84 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 4 |
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