Dino Drpić
 Drpić playing for Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | free agent | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chromos Zagreb | |||
| 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 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | HNK Rijeka | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | Brunei DPMM FC | 3 | (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 1 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Dino Drpić (born 26 May 1981) is a Croatian footballer currently free agent. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, Drpić turned professional in 2000 and went on to spend nine years with the club.
Club 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[2] 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.[3][4] He was signed permanently during the season and was released on 22 April 2010.[5] After Karlsruhe, Drpić had brief spells with AEK Athens in Greece and Volyn Lutsk in Ukraine before returning to Croatia in March 2012, signing for HNK Rijeka.[6]
In January 2013, he signed with Brunei DPMM FC[7] as one of their foreign players for the 2013 S.League season.[8]
In April 2013, DPMM FC terminated Drpić's contract. He went back to Croatia in search of new club.
International career
After winning over 20 caps as a Croatian youth international and having participated in the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, 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.
Personal life
He is 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.[9]
Career 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 |
| 2008–09 | Karlsruher SC | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Karlsruher SC | 2. Bundesliga | 17 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | AEK Athens | Greek Super League | 2 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Volyn Lutsk | Ukraine Premier League | 3 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | HNK Rijeka | Prva HNL | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | DPMM FC | S.League | 3 | 0 |
Honours
References
- ↑ "Dino Drpić". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ "Drpic und KSC mit Einigung" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "Footy Star's Sex on Pitch". The Sun. 23 January 2009. 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. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "KSC beendet Kapitel Drpic" (in German). kicker.de. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "Dino Drpić potpisao za Rijeku" (in Croatian). novilist.hr. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ↑ "Dino to power DPMM FC". bt.com.bn. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ "Warmest Greeting from DPMM FC!!!". eteamz.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ "Croatian footballer who had sex on pitch with glamour model wife transfer listed". The Daily Telegraph. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
External links
- Dino Drpić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dino Drpić at Transfermarkt