Fran Tudor
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back/Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hajduk Split | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Mladost Buzin | ||
| 2005–2007 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 2007–2013 | NK Zagreb | ||
| 2014 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Hajduk Split | 52 | (11) |
| 2015 | → Hajduk Split B | 8 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Croatia U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015– | Croatia U21 | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2016. | |||
Fran Tudor (born 27 September 1995) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a natural born right back for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.
Club career
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Tudor started his career at the lower-tier Mladost Buzin, originally playing as a forward, aged 10 he was spotted by GNK Dinamo Zagreb scouts and moved there, but 2 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 F.C., where he was helped and mentored by Danijel Pranjić[1]
After a year in Greece, Tudor moved back to Croatia, signing a three and a half-year[2] 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 18.4.2015, 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.[3]
Playing style
Tudor possesses great amounts of stamina and pace but he is loved by Hajduk Split fans because of his extremely high work rate and a never-going-to-give-up attitude on the pitch.
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.[4]
References
- ↑ Tata Tudor: Pranjić je Frana u Ateni hranio i oblačio at Večernji List
- ↑ Tata Tudor za Goal: Uvjet za nogomet Franu je bila škola, a u Ateni ga je Pranjić hranio i oblačio at Goal.com
- ↑ "Gogijeva dica" nadigrala Rijeku, a onda sve prosula u dvije minute at Slobodna Dalmacija
- ↑ Pet stvari koje niste znali o... Franu Tudoru! at Hajduk.hr
External links
- at hajduk.hr
- Fran Tudor at Croatian Football Federation website