Denis Glavina (; born 3 March 1986) is a Croatian
footballer
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who plays as a
left winger for
Hrvati.
Club career
Glavina transferred to
Dynamo Kyiv
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from
Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
in January 2004, but never appeared in a league match for Dynamo. He spent the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons on loan at
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...
and Vorskla, respectively, before signing a permanent deal with Vorskla in June 2008. Glavina appeared in 8 league matches during the 2006–07 season and 26 league matches during the 2007–08 season, scoring three goals.
On 7 July 2009 he was loaned back to his first senior club, Dinamo Zagreb. At the start of the season he featured in both matches of
UEFA Champions League
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qualifiers against
Red Bull Salzburg.
He signed a two-year contract with Polish club
Arka Gdynia on 9 July 2010. He was released from Arka Gdynia on 30 June 2011. In February 2012, Glavina joined
Varaždin
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. In August 2012, Glavina signed a two-year contract with
RNK Split
Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split.
History
The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had se ...
. In 2020 he joined
Varaždin
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, a club not associated with the Varaždin team he played with earlier in his career, which folded in 2015.
International career
Glavina represented Croatia at youth international levels, playing for
under-17,
under-19 and
under-21 teams, earning a total of 33 caps and scoring 10 goals.
Personal life
Glavina is married to a Ukrainian woman Kateryna from
Dnipro
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.
Honours
Vorskla Poltava
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Ukrainian Cup
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2008–09
References
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1986 births
Living people
Footballers from Čakovec
Men's association football wingers
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's youth international footballers
Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players
FC Vorskla Poltava players
FC Dnipro players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Arka Gdynia players
NK Varaždin (1931–2015) players
RNK Split players
NK Zavrč players
FC Tobol players
FC Akzhayik players
FC Zhetysu players
NK Varaždin (2012) players
NK Međimurje players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Croatian Football League players
Ekstraklasa players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
First Football League (Croatia) players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria