Mario Galinović (born 15 November 1976) is a former

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who played as a

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Club career

NK Osijek

Galinović started his professional career with

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side

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, where he was part of the first team from 1993 until 2002. With the club, he also played in the

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in 1998 and 1999, and won the

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in 1999. In 2002, he moved to another Croatian First League side,

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, 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

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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

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Panathinaikos

He moved to Panathinaikos on a free transfer in July 2004. With the team, he also managed to make his

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debut, against

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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

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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 first appearance in

against

, on 14 September 2004. In 20 appearances, he managed to keep a clean sheet seven times; most importantly, those matches with FC Barcelona and Inter Milan. He also managed to keep a clean sheet for three matches in a row.

AO Kavala

In summer 2010 Galinović moved to

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AO Kerkyra

In August 2011 Galinović signed a contract for one year with

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, a Greek Superleague based on the island of

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International career

Galinović made his international debut for the Croatian national team on 13 June 1999 in a friendly match against

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at the Korea Cup tournament in

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. He was subsequently not part of the national team for several years. However, when

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was appointed head coach at the Croatian national team in the summer of 2006, Galinović made his international comeback as he was called up to be part of the team during the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers. He mostly served as the team's third-choice goalkeeper, behind

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and

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, making no appearances during the qualifying campaign. He did, however, won his second international cap in a friendly match against

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in October 2007, replacing Runje at half-time. Croatia won the game 3–0. This would be Galinović's final appearance for the national team. Galinović was also a member of Croatia's 23-man squad at the UEFA Euro 2008 finals in

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, but did not make any appearances as Pletikosa appeared in three and Runje in one of the team's four matches at the tournament. He was the only member of the Croatian squad not to feature during the tournament.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Osijek *

: 1999 Panathinaikos *

: 2009–2010 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galinovic, Mario 1976 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Association football goalkeepers Croatian footballers Croatia international footballers UEFA Euro 2008 players NK Osijek players NK Kamen Ingrad players Panathinaikos F.C. players Kavala F.C. players A.O. Kerkyra players Croatian Football League players Super League Greece players Croatian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Association football goalkeeping coaches Panathinaikos F.C. non-playing staff PAOK FC non-playing staff Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic