Josip 'Jozo' Gašpar (born 15 March 1973 in

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) is a

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n retired

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Club career

During his club career, he played for hometown side Junak as well as for

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, and Marsonia. As a 16-year-old, he was noticed by Dinamo's talent hunters and brought to

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for a small amount of money.

International career

He made his debut for

in an October 1992

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against

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, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute for

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, and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a June 1993 friendly against

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Managerial career

He was relieved of his managerial duties at Prečko Zagreb at the beginning of April 2013 due to an incident in which he apparently stole a player's credit card and used it to buy 36 one-litre bottles of

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Honours

Player

;Osijek *

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: 1998–99

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1973 births Living people Footballers from Sinj Men's association football midfielders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's international footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Osijek players NK Marsonia players Croatian Football League players {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub