Petar Krpan (born 1 July 1974) is a

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n retired

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Osijek,

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, Krpan started his career with local club

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav ...

. Due to the

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breaking out in 1991, as a 17-year-old he engaged in battle to help save his hometown. He moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1998, being scarcely used during his one-and-a-half-season spell. In January 2000, staying in Portugal, Krpan left for

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

and played for the team until the summer of 2001, initially on loan. He then returned to Croatia and played one season apiece for Osijek, NK Zagreb and HNK Hajduk Split, before returning to Leiria for 2004–05; he was an important attacking element during the campaign as the latter team barely avoided relegation from the Primeira Liga, notably scoring in a 1–1 away draw against FC Porto. In 2005, Krpan once again moved back to his country by joining

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...

, where he spent one season before moving to

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side

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International career

Krpan won three

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for the Croatia national team in 1998, all as a second-half substitute. His debut occurred on 6 June in a friendly match with Australia, in

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. His final international was a September 1998 European Championship qualification match away against the

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. Krpan was a member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup where he made one appearance, playing the last 13 minutes of the round-of-16 match against

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(1–0).

Honours

Club

;NK Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, i ...

: 2001–02 ;Hajduk Split *

: 2003–04 * Croatian Football Cup: 2002–03 ;Rijeka * Croatian Football Cup: 2005–06 ;Inter Zaprešić * Croatian Second League: 2006–07

Individual

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport ( hr, Državna nagrada za šport "Franjo Bučar") is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achievements and contributions of remarkable meaning for the development of sport in Cr ...

: 1998

Orders

Ribbon of an Order of the Croatian Wattle

Order of the Croatian Interlace – 1998

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krpan, Petar 1974 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Men's association football forwards Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players NK Osijek players Sporting CP footballers U.D. Leiria players NK Zagreb players HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Rijeka players Jiangsu F.C. players NK Inter Zaprešić players Croatian Football League players Primeira Liga players China League One players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in China Croatian expatriate sportspeople in China