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Tomislav Butina

Tomislav Butina
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Personal information
Date of birth (1974-03-30) 30 March 1974 (age 42)
Place of birth Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2003 Dinamo Zagreb 103 (0)
1994–1995 Karlovac (loan)
1995–1996 Samobor (loan)
1996–1997 Slaven Belupo (loan)
2003–2006 Club Brugge 61 (0)
2006–2008 Olympiacos 4 (0)
2008–2010 Dinamo Zagreb 49 (0)
Total 216 (0)
National team
1995 Croatia U20 1 (0)
1994–1995 Croatia U21 11 (0)
2001–2006 Croatia 28 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Tomislav Butina (pronounced [tǒmislaʋ bǔtina]; born 30 March 1974) is a former Croatian footballer who played as goalkeeper for top level clubs Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national football team in the period from 2001 to 2006 and was member of Croatian squads at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2004 UEFA European Championship.

He started his professional career with Dinamo Zagreb, debuting for the first team on 23 May 1993, when the club was known as Croatia Zagreb. However, he struggled to make an impact at the club at the time when Dražen Ladić was the club's longtime first-choice goalkeeper. In the mid-1990s he had several loan spells with lower-tier Croatian sides Karlovac, Samobor and Slaven Belupo. In the late 1990s he became a regular member of the squad, and, following Ladić's retirement in 2000, took over as Dinamo's first choice goalkeeper in the 2000–01 season.

In July 2003 joined the Belgian First Division side Club Brugge, where he spent three seasons before moving on to the Greek powerhouse Olympiacos in 2006. Following an unsuccessful two-season spell with the club, he returned to Dinamo Zagreb for the 2008–09 season. He made 49 league appearances in his final spell with the club, before being released early in the 2010–11 season, on 18 August 2010.


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