aračić was born in slavonski brod, sr croatia, sfr yugoslavia. he started his footballing career as a 9-year-old at croatian team nk ukrina novo selo, before moving to the team at the age of 14. his father anto played professionally at the time for nk polet bosanski brod. he later played for his local team where he was spotted by scouts of prva hnl side nk rijeka. aračić, a drafter by trade, left croatia as a result of the war of independence, signed for chemnitzer fc in germany before transferring to tennis borussia berlin in the summer of 1997. during the 1998–99 season, after impressing hertha bsc with his two goals against them in the dfb-pokal, quickly signed for tebe's west berlin rivals where he played for one and a half years before moving to arminia bielefeld and retiring.