Dino Drpić

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Dino Drpić
Full name	Dino Drpić
Date of birth	May 26, 1981 (1981-05-26) (age 27)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Dinamo Zagreb
Number	26
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-	Dinamo Zagreb	123 (5)
National team²
2007-	Croatia	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 July 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Dino Drpić (born 26 May 1981 in Zagreb) is a Croatian football defender who currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb.

Drpić rose through the youth ranks of Dinamo and has become a consistent performer in the first squad. He was one of the key figures in Dinamo's UEFA Cup campaign in 2007, which also earned him his first call-up to the Croatian national team. He made his international debut on 16 October 2007 in a friendly match against Slovakia, but did not feature in any of Croatia's qualifying matches for the UEFA Euro 2008.

In January 2008, Drpić was ready to sign a contract with Turkish club Beşiktaş. However, the deal fell through due to Drpić's behavior after Dinamo's last league game of the 2005-06 season, against archrivals Hajduk Split. After the end of the game, some Dinamo players celebrated their victory before the stand with Hajduk fans, whom Drpić mooned (showed his buttocks). Beşiktaş decided to sign his Dinamo teammate Gordon Schildenfeld instead.

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