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Ivan Franjic

Ivan Franjic

Defender - Right-Back  at Retired
Age38
CitizenshipAustralia Croatia
Height1.80 m
Footright
BornSeptember 10, 1987
👕200+ Apps Veteran
Market value
Rating · 2024 5.3 Average
Right-Back Defender

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
09/10
debut season
0.07
goals / match
Brisbane Roar
top club · 139 apps

Position rank · 2024

#153
goals rank
#186
assists rank
21
season goals
23
season assists

Among 320 Defender - Right-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€750k
peak value · 2019
€200k
top transfer fee · 14/15
5
best season · 13/14
20 / 0
int'l caps / goals
305Appearances
21Goals
23Assists
35Yellow cards
1Red cards
131Full matches (90′)
Full nameIvan Franjic
Name in home countryIvan Frankie Franjić
Date of birth1987-09-10 (38 yrs)
Place of birthMelbourne, Australia
CitizenshipAustralia Croatia
PositionDefender - Right-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height180.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2024-08-19
Contract expires
Aug 2024
Transfer: Knights → Retired
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
2024 — Melbourne Knights
21 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2023
2023 — Melbourne Knights
17 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2023
Transfer: Heidelberg Utd. → Knights
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
2022 — Heidelberg United FC
4 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2021
Transfer: Macarthur → Heidelberg Utd.
21/22 · Transfer
Aug 2020
Transfer: Perth Glory → Macarthur
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Macarthur FC
19 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Perth Glory
25 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
2019 — Perth Glory
1 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2018
18/19 — Perth Glory
29 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2018
2018 — Perth Glory
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
May 2018
Transfer: Brisbane Roar → Perth Glory
18/19 · Transfer
Nov 2017
Transfer: Daegu FC → Brisbane Roar
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
Transfer: Melbourne City → Daegu FC
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Brisbane Roar
17 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
2017 — Daegu FC
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2016
16/17 — Melbourne City FC
21 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
2016 — Melbourne City FC
1 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2015
15/16 — Melbourne City FC
18 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2015
Transfer: Torpedo Moskau → Melbourne City
14/15 · Transfer
Aug 2014
Transfer: Brisbane Roar → Torpedo Moskau
14/15 · Transfer · €200k
Jul 2014
14/15 — Torpedo Moskau, Torpedo Moskau II
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2014
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — Brisbane Roar
21 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Brisbane Roar
24 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Brisbane Roar
35 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Brisbane Roar
23 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2009
Transfer: Oakleigh Cannon → Brisbane Roar
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2009
09/10 — Brisbane Roar
19 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2009
Transfer: Knights → Oakleigh Cannon
08/09 · Transfer
Jan 2007
Transfer: St Albans → Knights
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €750k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 259 other Defender - Right-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 2024. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.05/90
19
Assists1 total · 0.05/90
32
G+A2 total · 0.10/90
16
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
96
11,780 min
Minutes played by club
Melbourne Knights 24.6%
Heidelberg United FC 2.3%
Perth Glory 15.6%
Daegu FC 0.0%
Melbourne City FC 14.5%
Macarthur FC 0.0%
Brisbane Roar 43.0%
Torpedo Moskau 0.0%
Torpedo Moskau II 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Melbourne Knights 2 2023 2024 38 2 4 2,892
Heidelberg United FC 1 2022 2022 4 1 0 270
Perth Glory 4 18/19 2019 56 4 7 1,843
Daegu FC 1 2017 2017 2 0 0 0
Melbourne City FC 3 15/16 2016 40 1 2 1,709
Macarthur FC 1 20/21 20/21 19 0 2 0
Brisbane Roar 6 09/10 17/18 139 13 8 5,066
Torpedo Moskau 1 14/15 14/15 5 0 0 0
Torpedo Moskau II 1 14/15 14/15 2 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€188K3€375K5€563K6€750K09/1010/11 — 2 goals (Brisbane Roar)210/1111/12 — 1 goals (Brisbane Roar)11/12 — 4 assists511/1212/13 — 3 goals (Brisbane Roar)12/13 — 1 assists412/1313/14 — 5 goals (Brisbane Roar)13/14 — 1 assists613/1414/1515/16 — 1 assists115/1616/17 — 1 goals (Melbourne City FC)116/1717/18 — 2 goals (Brisbane Roar)17/18 — 2 assists417/1818/19 — 2 goals (Perth Glory)18/19 — 4 assists618/1919/20 — 2 goals (Perth Glory)19/20 — 2 assists419/2020/21 — 2 assists220/212016 — 1 assists120162019 — 1 assists120192022 — 1 goals (Heidelberg United FC)120222023 — 1 goals (Melbourne Knights)2023 — 3 assists420232024 — 1 goals (Melbourne Knights)2024 — 1 assists2202409/10 — €75K10/11 — €250K11/12 — €350K12/13 — €400K13/14 — €500K14/15 — €600K15/16 — €600K18/19 — €600K19/20 — €750K20/21 — €600KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 2210/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 5513/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 0020/212016: 0020162017: 0020172018: 0020182019: 0020192022: 1120222023: 1120232024: 112024

Assists by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 4411/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 2220/212016: 1120162017: 0020172018: 0020182019: 1120192022: 0020222023: 3320232024: 112024
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2024 NPL Victoria Melbourne Knights 21 1 1 0 1 1,722
2023 Australia Cup Melbourne Knights 4 0 3 0 0 0
2023 NPL Victoria Melbourne Knights 13 1 0 1 0 1,170
2022 Australia Cup Heidelberg United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 NPL Victoria Heidelberg United FC 3 1 0 0 0 270
2019 FFA Cup Perth Glory 1 0 1 0 0 0
2018 FFA Cup Perth Glory 1 0 0 0 0 0
2017 K League 1 Daegu FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
2016 FFA Cup Melbourne City FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 A-League Macarthur FC 17 0 2 3 0 0
20/21 A-League Finals Macarthur FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 A-League Perth Glory 22 2 2 2 0 800
19/20 A-League Finals Perth Glory 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 AFC Champions League Perth Glory 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 A-League Perth Glory 27 2 4 3 0 1,043
18/19 A-League Finals Perth Glory 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 A-League Brisbane Roar 15 2 1 3 0 492
17/18 A-League Finals Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 AFC CL-Qualification Brisbane Roar 1 0 1 1 0 0
16/17 A-League Melbourne City FC 20 1 0 1 0 1,709
16/17 A-League Finals Melbourne City FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 A-League Melbourne City FC 18 0 1 5 0 0
14/15 Premier Liga Torpedo Moskau 4 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 Russian Cup Torpedo Moskau 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) Torpedo Moskau II 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 A-League Brisbane Roar 19 5 1 2 0 324
13/14 A-League Fin. Brisbane Roar 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 A-League Brisbane Roar 21 2 1 3 0 937
12/13 A-League Fin. Brisbane Roar 2 1 0 1 0 180
12/13 AFC CL-Qualification Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 A-League Brisbane Roar 26 1 3 3 0 2,325
11/12 A-League Fin. Brisbane Roar 3 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 AFC Champions League Brisbane Roar 6 0 1 1 0 0
10/11 A-League Brisbane Roar 20 2 0 2 0 808
10/11 A-League Fin. Brisbane Roar 3 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 A-League Brisbane Roar 19 0 0 1 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2007-01-01 St Albans Knights Transfer 0
08/09 2009-01-01 Knights Oakleigh Cannon Transfer 0
09/10 2009-09-01 Oakleigh Cannon Brisbane Roar Transfer 0
14/15 2014-08-04 Brisbane Roar Torpedo Moskau Transfer 600000 €200k
14/15 2015-06-04 Torpedo Moskau Melbourne City Transfer 600000
17/18 2017-07-18 Melbourne City Daegu FC Transfer 600000
17/18 2017-11-09 Daegu FC Brisbane Roar Transfer 600000
18/19 2018-05-31 Brisbane Roar Perth Glory Transfer 600000
20/21 2020-08-29 Perth Glory Macarthur Transfer 600000
21/22 2021-10-17 Macarthur Heidelberg Utd. Transfer 500000
22/23 2023-01-01 Heidelberg Utd. Knights Transfer 0
24/25 2024-08-19 Knights Retired Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
13/14 Thigh problems 2014-06-14 2014-09-01 80 5
Current
Peak€750k
Low
Δ since start−€75k
€188k€375k€563k€750k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3433 #2 20 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Matt McKay 2 0 0
Luke Brattan 2 0 0
Neil Kilkenny 2 0 0
Liam Reddy 2 0 0
Jack Hingert 2 1 0
Nicholas Fitzgerald 1 0 0
Joel Chianese 2 0 0
Gian Albano 2 0 0
Jason Davidson 2 0 0
Jake Brimmer 2 0 0
Christopher Oldfield 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
13/14 A-League Brisbane Roar 5 19
10/11 A-League Brisbane Roar 2 20
12/13 A-League Brisbane Roar 2 21

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
18/19 A-League Perth Glory 4 27
2023 Australia Cup Melbourne Knights 3 4
11/12 A-League Brisbane Roar 3 26

Teams faced most often by Ivan Franjic's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Adelaide United 19 6 5 8 30 30 0 32%
Sydney FC 19 4 3 12 16 30 -14 21%
Wellington Phoenix 18 9 3 6 30 21 +9 50%
Central Coast Mariners 17 12 3 2 40 16 +24 71%
Western Sydney Wanderers 17 9 6 2 32 25 +7 53%
Melbourne Victory 17 5 4 8 19 31 -12 29%
Newcastle United Jets 17 9 3 5 31 22 +9 53%
Western United 9 5 1 3 12 10 +2 56%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
09/10 Senior debut season
10/11 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2024 21 1,722 0 0 1 0.05
2023 17 1,170 1 0 0 0.08
2017 2 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 19 0 3 0 0 0
19/20 25 800 2 0 0 0.23
18/19 29 1,043 3 0 0 0.26
17/18 17 492 4 0 0 0.73
16/17 21 1,709 1 0 0 0.05
15/16 18 0 5 0 0 0
14/15 7 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 21 324 2 0 0 0.56
12/13 24 1,117 4 0 0 0.32
11/12 35 2,325 5 0 0 0.19
10/11 23 808 2 0 0 0.22
09/10 19 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

A-League
224 apps
17 G
15 A
NPL Victoria
37 apps
3 G
1 A
A-League Finals
18 apps
1 G
0 A
FFA Cup
8 apps
0 G
5 A
AFC Champions League
7 apps
0 G
1 A
AFC CL-Qualification
2 apps
0 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Ivan Franjic

Who is Ivan Franjic?

Ivan Franjic is an Australia professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Retired.

How old is Ivan Franjic?

Ivan Franjic is 38 years old. He was born on September 10, 1987 in Melbourne.

What position does Ivan Franjic play?

Ivan Franjic plays as a right-back (Defender - Right-Back).

What club does Ivan Franjic play for?

Ivan Franjic currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Ivan Franjic scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ivan Franjic has scored 21 goals in 305 appearances.