Zlatko Hovland Tripić (born 2 December 1992) is a Norwegian-Bosnian

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who plays as a winger for

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Club career

Tripić was born in

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to Bosnian parents. When he was 9 months old, he moved to Norway with his parents and grew up in

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, playing youth football for Lyngdal IL. During his youth he attended a lot of

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's home matches. He moved to Sirdal in August 2008, and spent the next three years as a student at Sirdal VGS football. At the same time he joined Tonstad IL, playing league football for their first team at the sixth tier of the Norwegian football league pyramid. In his last match for Tonstad, at an indoor tournament, Tripic scored the winning goal when Tonstad beat Egersund IK by 2–1 in the final. Egersund, playing at level 3, was impressed by young Tripic, and signed him only two months later. Here, he played an instrumental role as his club pushed for promotion, going top of their league in early June after Tripic scored a goal direct from a free-kick against fellow promotion chasers Brodd. After an impressive display against

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in a 2011 Norwegian Football Cup first-round tie, he made headlines in several Norwegian newspapers. It was thought that Viking would be his next career stop, but in a hectic summer, where he had trials at both

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and

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, his move to Molde was completed in August 2011 for an undisclosed fee. He only made 11 league appearances for Egersund during the four months he stayed with the club. He made his debut in

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for Molde, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–1 win against

before he had even trained with his new teammates. The club became league champions in late October. The next year, Tripic was loaned out to

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for the last part of the 2012 season, following Etzaz Hussain's transfer the other way around. After the 2014 season had ended, Tripic moved to German 2. Bundesliga side Greuther Fürth, signing a contract until 2017. On 3 August 2017, Tripic signed for

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. On 21 February 2018, after his contract with Sheriff Tiraspol had been terminated, Tripić signed for

. In 2019, he led the club to the 2019 Norwegian Cup Final as captain. He scored the lone goal in the final, as Viking defeated

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1–0. On 15 January 2020, Tripić signed for Turkish

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side Göztepe. On 3 May 2021, his contract with Göztepe was terminated by mutual consent. On 7 May 2021, he returned to his former club Viking, signing a five-year contract.

International career

Tripic made his debut for Norway U21 in a friendly match against Netherlands U21 on 11 October 2012.

Career statistics

Honours

Molde *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Sheriff Tiraspol *

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Viking *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

*Norwegian Football Cup:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Individual *

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Player of the Year:

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