Dino Drpić (born 26 May 1981) is a Croatian professional

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who last played for

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. 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 a

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qualifiers return match at

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on 9 August 2000, and was one of the key figures in Dinamo's squad in the upcoming seasons. Dinamo loaned Dino to

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

in 2008–09 winter transfer window following a scandal in which it was revealed that he and his

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model wife

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had sex on the grass at Dinamo's ground. He was signed permanently during the season and was released on 22 April 2010. After Karlsruhe, Drpić had brief spells with

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in Greece and

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in Ukraine before returning to Croatia in March 2012, signing for

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. In January 2013, he signed with

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as one of their foreign players for the 2013 S.League season. In April 2013, DPMM FC terminated Drpić's contract. He went back to Croatia in search of new club.

International career

After winning almost 30 caps as a Croatian youth international and having participated in the

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, 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

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, but did not feature in any of the team's qualifying matches for the

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. In the end, it remains his only full international appearance.

Personal life

Drpić was married to

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, with whom he has children Taiša and Leone. They divorced in 2014. While on holiday in

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in the summer of 2008, a British couple tried to kidnap their son Leone after mistaking him for

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Career statistics

Honours

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: 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 *

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: 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08

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