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Ivan Turina

Ivan Turina
Ivan Turina (2012, cropped).jpg
Turina in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Ivan Turina
Date of birth (1980-10-03)3 October 1980
Place of birth Zagreb, Croatia
Date of death 2 May 2013(2013-05-02) (aged 32)
Place of death Solna, Sweden
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 12 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2007 Dinamo Zagreb 73 (0)
1999–2000 Croatia Sesvete (loan) 0 (0)
2001–2002 Kamen Ingrad (loan) 11 (0)
2002–2003 Osijek (loan) 15 (0)
2007–2008 Skoda Xanthi 8 (0)
2008–2009 Lech Poznań 12 (0)
2010 Dinamo Zagreb 1 (0)
2010–2013 AIK 65 (0)
Total 185 (0)
National team
1996 Croatia U17 2 (0)
1998–1999 Croatia U19 4 (0)
2000 Croatia U20 4 (0)
2006 Croatia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ivan Turina (3 October 1980 – 2 May 2013) was a Croatian footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a goalkeeper.

Turina spent his early career in Croatia with his youth club Dinamo Zagreb. Before settling as a first-team member in 2003, he completed loan spells at Croatia Sesvete, Kamen Ingrad and Osijek. He was Dinamo Zagreb's first-choice goalkeeper during the 2005–06 season, when the club won their first league title in two years. He continued to play regularly in the early stages of the following season. However, after Dinamo Zagreb were eliminated from the UEFA Cup with a 5–2 aggregate defeat to AJ Auxerre in the first round, Turina was replaced in the starting line-up by Filip Lončarić. At the time, he was criticized for letting a long-range shot by Ireneusz Jeleń slip through his hands when the French club took a 1–0 lead in the first leg in Zagreb. Following the signing of German goalkeeper Georg Koch in the summer of 2007, Turina decided to join Greek club Skoda Xanthi, spending one season with them before leaving for Polish club Lech Poznań.

Turina made his league debut for Lech Poznań on 31 October 2008 in a 3–1 win at home to Odra Wodzisław Śląski. He finished the season with a total of 12 appearances in the league and six in the UEFA Cup, where the club were eliminated by Udinese in the round of 32. He played in the final of the Polish Cup, which the club won that season. On 11 September 2009, Turina terminated his contract with Lech Poznań and started training with Dinamo Zagreb later that month.


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