The Wellington Phoenix have signed Croatian midfielder Goran Paracki, local media reports suggest.

The 30-year-old was quoted on the Glas Istra news website as saying he would be leaving his current club, Croatian first-division side NK Istra 1961, for the Phoenix after playing the club's first match of the season on Saturday.

"Everything is already agreed and resolved, I'll play in the Saturday match with Dinamo [Zagreb] and Sunday travelling [to Wellington]," the translated story said.

GETTY IMAGES The Wellington Phoenix squad will reportedly be bolstered by a Croatian midfielder.

He said he had spoken with current team-mate Vanja Ives - who played for Sydney United in 2002-03 - about making the move to the southern hemisphere.

"He told me all the best of Australia, that [had] he had the opportunity to stay longer that [he] would never come back to Europe and it helped to make a decision about [the] departure."

A Phoenix spokesman said he could neither confirm nor deny the news.

Paracki has spent the majority of his career in the Croatian first division. He played 35 games for NK Istra 1961 in the 2016-17 season.