Valentina Stipančević (born 29 February 1992) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

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forward, who plays for ŽNK Rijeka-Jack Pot and the Croatia national team.

Club career

Stipančević started her career in the youth of the ŽNK Amazonke Nova Gradiška. In Summer 2009, she left her hometown

Nova Gradiška Nova Gradiška is a town located in the Brod-Posavina County of Croatia, population 14,229 (2011). It is located in the historic region of Slavonia, near the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first word in the name means ''New'', and there' ...

and moved to ŽNK Viktorija. She has played in 18 games for

ŽNK Dinamo-Maksimir ŽNK Dinamo-Maksimir was a Croatian women's football club based in Zagreb. The club was founded as ŽNK Maksimir in 1937. In 2016, the club merged with new entity named ŽNK Dinamo Zagreb. Honours * Croatian First Division: **Winners (4): 1992, ...

in the 1st HNL since 2011. She then moved to ŽNK Rijeka in Summer 2012.

International career

Stipančević is a national player for

. She made her senior international debut against

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on 16 August 2012.

Personal life

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* 1992 births Living people Croatian women's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportswomen Croatia women's international footballers Sportspeople from Nova Gradiška Footballers from Brod-Posavina County Women's association football forwards Croatian Women's First Football League players ŽNK Viktorija Slavonski Brod players ŽNK Rijeka players ŽNK Dinamo-Maksimir players {{Croatia-women-footy-bio-stub