Dino Špehar (born 8 February 1994) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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Club career

Osijek

Špehar began his career playing at youth level for his hometown club

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. Before he signed a professional three-year contract with Osijek in October 2010, Špehar scored over 300 goals in his appearances for Osijek's youth categories. He made his debut for the first team in a cup game against

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on 27 October 2010, when he replaced Vedran Nikšić for the final ten minutes of the match. On his first appearance for Osijek in

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, he scored his first league goal, a late equalizer against Slaven Belupo. In the second leg of Croatian Cup quarter-finals against

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, Špehar scored the opening goal but Osijek lost 3–1 and was eliminated with an aggregate score of 5–1.

Dinamo Zagreb

On 25 August 2011, Špehar signed a seven-year contract with Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb.

RNK Split

In June 2015, Špehar terminated his contract with Dinamo Zagreb and signed a three-year contract with

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International career

Špehar was a part of the Croatian under-17 team in the qualifications for the

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and scored four goals in six games. Although Croatia finished the qualifiers undefeated, they finished as runners-up in the

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in the group behind hosts Netherlands and failed to qualify.

Personal life

His father is Robert Špehar, a former Croatian international footballer and the former chairman of

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek (), commonly referred to as NK Osijek (), is a Croatian professional association football, football sports club, club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav First Le ...

Career statistics

Honours

Dunărea Călărași *

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: 2017–18 Olimpija Ljubljana *

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga (, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten clubs, it operates on a system of prom ...

: 2022–23 * Slovenian Cup: 2022–23

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spehar, Dino 1994 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers NK Osijek players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players NK Istra 1961 players RNK Split players CFR Cluj players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Dunărea Călărași players FK Kukësi players ŠKF Sereď players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players NK Aluminij players MFK Skalica players Croatian Football League players Liga I players Liga II players Kategoria Superiore players Slovak First Football League players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia 21st-century Croatian sportsmen