Mario Galinović

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Mario Galinović
Personal information
Date of birth November 15, 1976 (1976-11-15) (age 31)
Place of birth    Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 195 cm
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Panathinaikos
Number 1
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993-2002
2002-2004
2004-present		 Osijek
Kamen Ingrad
Panathinaikos		 39 (0)
64 (0)
84 (0)   
National team2
1999-present Croatia 2 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 21 December 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16 October 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mario Galinović (born November 15, 1976 in Zagreb) is a Croatian football goalkeeper who is currently playing for Greek club Panathinaikos.

He started his professional career with Croatian First League side NK Osijek, where he was part of the first team from 1993 until 2002. With the club, he also played in the UEFA Cup in 1998 and 1999, and won the Croatian Cup in 1999. In 2002, he moved to another Croatian First League side, NK Kamen Ingrad, and spent two seasons with the club as their first-choice goalkeeper. While at Kamen Ingrad, he also played in both of the club's two UEFA Cup matches against famous German club FC Schalke 04 in 2003, where they narrowly lost 1-0 on aggregate, conceding the only goal 14 minutes before the end of the second leg played in Gelsenkirchen.

He moved to Panathinaikos on a free transfer in July 2004. With the team, he also managed to make his UEFA Champions League debut, against Rosenborg BK in September 2004, subsequently making another appearance in the competition that season and also playing in both of the club's third-round UEFA Cup matches against FC Sevilla in February 2005, where they lost 2-1 on aggregate. He was then the club's first-choice goalkeeper in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League season and appeared in all of their six group matches before they exited the competition in the first round.

Galinović made his international debut for the Croatian national team on June 13, 1999 in a friendly match against Egypt at the Korea Cup tournament in Seoul. He was subsequently not part of the national team for several years, before being named to the Croatian squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers as their third-choice goalkeeper in the competition.

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Croatia squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Pletikosa • 2 Šimić • 3 Šimunić • 4 R. Kovač • 5 Ćorluka • 6 Vejić • 7 Rakitić • 8 Vukojević • 9 Kalinić • 10 N. Kovač • 11 Srna • 12 Galinović • 13 Pokrivac • 14 Modrić • 15 Knežević • 16 Leko • 17 Klasnić • 18 Olić • 19 Kranjčar • 20 Budan • 21 Petrić • 22 Pranjić • 23 Runje • Coach: Bilić
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Panathinaikos FC – current squad

1 Galinović • 3 Sarriegi • 4 Mattos • 5 Morris • 6 Darlas • 7 Ninis • 8 Goumas • 9 Romero • 11 Papadopoulos • 14 Salpigidis • 15 Fyssas • 18 Malarz • 19 Šerić • 20 Leontiou • 21 Karagounis • 22 Tziolis • 23 Simão • 24 Vyntra • 25 N'Doye • 27 Ivanschitz • 29 Nilsson • 30 Dimoutsos • 31 Spyropoulos • 32 Pantidos • 33 Karnezis • 35 Ntantamis • 36 Manucho • 38 Boutzikos • Manager: Vacant