Dino Drpić
Croatian footballer
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Dino Drpić (born 26 May 1981) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a defender. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, Drpić turned professional in 2000 and went on to spend nine years with the club.
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Drpić playing for Dinamo Zagreb in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chromos Zagreb | |||
| 1997–2000 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2009 | Dinamo Zagreb | 185 | (11) |
| 2009 | → Karlsruher SC (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | (0) |
| 2011 | AEK Athens | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Volyn Lutsk | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | Rijeka | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | DPMM | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 233 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Croatia U18 | 19 | (1) |
| 2001 | Croatia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Croatia U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2007 | Croatia | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 a UEFA Champions League qualifiers return match at A.C. Milan on 9 August 2000,[2] 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 following a scandal in which it was revealed that he and his Playboy model wife Nives Celzijus had sex on the grass at Dinamo's ground.[3] He was signed permanently during the season and was released on 22 April 2010.[4] 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.[5]
In January 2013, Drpić signed with Brunei DPMM FC as one of their foreign players for the 2013 S.League season.[6] However, his stay was brief as he was released by the club the following May.[7]
International career
After winning almost 30 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. In the end, it remains his only full international appearance.[8]
Personal life
Drpić was married to Playboy model and singer Nives Celzijus, with whom he has children Taiša and Leone. They divorced in 2014.[9]
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.[10]
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 | Super League Greece | 2 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Volyn Lutsk | Ukraine Premier League | 3 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | HNK Rijeka | Prva HNL | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | DPMM FC | S.League | 11 | 0 |
