Dino Drpić
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 26 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Volyn Lutsk | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2009 | Dinamo Zagreb | 201 | (13) |
| 2009 | → Karlsruher SC (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | (0) |
| 2011 | AEK Athens | 2 | (0) |
| 2011– | Volyn Lutsk | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | Croatia U18 | 11 | (1) |
| 2001 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Croatia U21 | 14 | (1) |
| 2007 | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Dino Drpić (born 26 May 1981) is a Croatian footballer. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, Drpić turned professional in 2000 and went on to spend nine years with the club. He later had brief spells with Karlsruher SC in Germany and AEK Athens in Greece, before signing for Ukraine's Volyn Lutsk in October 2011.
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[edit] Career
Drpić rose through the youth ranks of Dinamo and became a consistent performer in the first squad. He debuted for the first team in UEFA Champions League qualifiers match against AC Milan and was one of the key figures in Dinamo's squad in the upcoming seasons. Dinamo loaned Dino to Karlsruher SC in 2008–09 winter transfer window[1] following a scandal in which it was revealed that he and his Playboy model wife Nives Celzijus have had sex on the grass at Dinamo's ground.[2][3] He was signed permanently during the season and was released on 22 April 2010.[4]
[edit] Statistics
| Season | Club | League | Games | Goal(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 16 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 21 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 14 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 32 | 3 |
| 2004–05 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 31 | 1 |
| 2006–07 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 27 | 5 |
| 2007–08 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 22 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | Dinamo Zagreb | Prva HNL | 13 | 0 |
| Łeague Games Prva HNL | 201 | 13 | ||
| 2008–09 | Karlsruher SC | Fußball-Bundesliga | 16 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Karlsruher SC | 2. Fußball-Bundesliga | 17 | 0 |
[edit] International
After winning over 20 caps as a Croatian youth international, Drpić received his first call-up to represent the country as a full international in 2007. He made his debut for Croatia on 16 October 2007 in a friendly match against Slovakia, but did not feature in any of the team's qualifying matches for the UEFA Euro 2008. To date, it remains his only full international appearance.
[edit] Honours
- Croatian First League (4): 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Croatian Cup (3): 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08
[edit] Personal life
Married to Playboy model and former singer Nives Celzijus, whose revelations in her autobiography, The Naked Truth, led to Drpić being kicked out of Dinamo.
While on holiday in Krk in the summer of 2008, a British couple tried to kidnap their son Leone after mistaking him for Madeleine McCann.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Drpic und KSC mit Einigung" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 7 August 2009. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/30350/drpic-und-ksc-mit-einigung.html. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "Footy Star's Sex on Pitch". The Sun. 23 January 2009. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2162185/Busty-Playboy-model-Nives-Celsius-tells-Serbian-TV-that-she-had-sex-with-her-husband-on-Dinamo-Zagrebs-pitch.html. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "Dino Drpic, despedido por el amor de Nives [Dino Drpic, thrown out because of his love for Nives]" (in Spanish). Diario As. 27 January 2009. http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-dino-drpic-despedido-amor/dasftb/20090127dasdaiftb_66/Tes. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "KSC beendet Kapitel Drpic" (in German). kicker.de. 22 April 2010. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/524015/artikel_KSC-beendet-Kapitel-Drpic.html. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "Croatian footballer who had sex on pitch with glamour model wife transfer listed". The Daily Telegraph. 23 January 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4322916/Croatian-footballer-who-had-sex-on-pitch-with-glamour-model-wife-transfer-listed.html. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
[edit] External links
- Dino Drpić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dino Drpić international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website
- Dino Drpić profile at Transfermarkt.de
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- 1981 births
- Croatian footballers
- Croatia international footballers
- Croatia under-21 international footballers
- Croatian expatriate footballers
- Living people
- People from Zagreb
- Prva HNL players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Superleague Greece players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- FC Volyn Lutsk players
- Karlsruher SC players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
