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{{short description|Croatian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Dino Drpić
| image          = Dino Drpić 2008.jpg
| image_size     = 200px
| caption        = Drpić playing for Dinamo Zagreb in 2008
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1981|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Zagreb]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|SR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chi.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/dino-drpic/ | title = Dino Drpić | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 16 February 2013}}</ref>
| height         = 1.95 m
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub    =
| clubnumber     =
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    = [[NK Posavina Zagreb|Chromos Zagreb]]
| youthyears2    = 1997–2000
| youthclubs2    = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| years1         = 2000–2009
| clubs1         = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
| caps1          = 185
| goals1         = 11
| years2         = 2009
| clubs2         = → [[Karlsruher SC]] (loan)
| caps2          = 16
| goals2         = 0
| years3         = 2009–2010
| clubs3         = [[Karlsruher SC]]
| caps3          = 17
| goals3         = 0
| years4         = 2011
| clubs4         = [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| caps4          = 2
| goals4         = 0
| years5         = 2011
| clubs5         = [[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]
| caps5          = 3
| goals5         = 0
| years6         = 2012
| clubs6         = [[HNK Rijeka|Rijeka]]
| caps6          = 7
| goals6         = 0
| years7         = 2013
| clubs7         = [[Brunei DPMM FC|DPMM]]
| caps7          = 3
| goals7         = 0
| clubs8         = [[NK Kustošija|Kustošija]]
| years8         = 2017
| clubs9         = [[NK Savski Marof|Savski Marof]]
| years9         = 2018–2020
| totalcaps      = 233
| totalgoals     = 11
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2000
| nationalteam1  = Croatia U18
| nationalcaps1  = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2001
| nationalteam2  = [[Croatia national under-20 football team|Croatia U20]]
| nationalcaps2  = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2002–2004
| nationalteam3  = [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia U21]]
| nationalcaps3  = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2007
| nationalteam4  = [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
| nationalcaps4  = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| pcupdate       =
| ntupdate       =
}}
'''Dino Drpić''' (born 26 May 1981) is a Croatian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who last played for [[NK Savski Marof|Savski Marof]]. A product of [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy|Dinamo Zagreb Academy]], Drpić turned professional in 2000 and went on to spend nine years with the club.
==Club career==
Drpić rose through the youth ranks of Dinamo and became a consistent performer in the first squad. He debuted for the first team in a [[UEFA Champions League]] qualifiers return match at [[A.C. Milan]] on 9 August 2000,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/champions-league-qual-2000-2001-3-runde-ac-milan-dinamo-zagreb/ | title = AC Milan - Dinamo Zagreb 3:1 (Champions League Qual. 2000/2001, 3. Runde) | publisher = weltfussball.de | language = German | accessdate = 7 November 2014 | date = }}</ref> and was one of the key figures in Dinamo's squad in the upcoming seasons. Dinamo loaned Dino to [[Karlsruher SC]] in 2008–09 winter transfer window following a scandal in which it was revealed that he and his [[Playboy]] model wife [[Nives Celzijus]] had sex on the grass at Dinamo's ground.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-dino-drpic-despedido-amor/dasftb/20090127dasdaiftb_66/Tes | title = Dino Drpic, despedido por el amor de Nives |trans-title=Dino Drpic, thrown out because of his love for Nives | language = Spanish | publisher = Diario As | date = 27 January 2009 | accessdate = 8 April 2011}}</ref> He was signed permanently during the season and was released on 22 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/startseite/524015/artikel_KSC-beendet-Kapitel-Drpic.html | title = KSC beendet Kapitel Drpic | publisher = kicker.de | language = German | accessdate = 8 April 2011 | date = 22 April 2010}}</ref> After Karlsruhe, Drpić had brief spells with [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] in Greece and [[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]] in Ukraine before returning to Croatia in March 2012, signing for [[HNK Rijeka]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.novilist.hr/Sport/Nogomet/Dino-Drpic-potpisao-za-Rijeku | title = Dino Drpić potpisao za Rijeku | publisher = novilist.hr | language = Croatian | accessdate = 27 March 2012 | date = 27 March 2012}}</ref>
In January 2013, he signed with [[Brunei DPMM FC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2013/01/03/dino-power-dpmm-fc |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219182153/http://www.bt.com.bn/sports-national/2013/01/03/dino-power-dpmm-fc |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 February 2013 |title=Dino to power DPMM FC |publisher=bt.com.bn |date=3 January 2013 |accessdate=16 February 2013 }}</ref> as one of their foreign players for the [[2013 S.League]] season.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eteamz.com/dpmmfc/ | title = Warmest Greeting from DPMM FC!!! | publisher = eteamz.com | accessdate = 16 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181121163506/http://www.eteamz.com/dpmmfc/ | archive-date = 21 November 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
In April 2013, DPMM FC terminated Drpić's contract. He went back to Croatia in search of new club.
== International career ==
After winning almost 30 caps as a Croatian youth international and having participated in the [[2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship]], Drpić received his first call-up to represent [[Croatia national football team|the country]] as a full international in 2007. He made his debut for Croatia on 16 October 2007 in a friendly match against [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]], but did not feature in any of the team's qualifying matches for the [[UEFA Euro 2008]]. In the end, it remains his only full international appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5040|title=Player Database|accessdate=10 July 2022|website=EU-football}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Drpić was married to [[Playboy]] model and singer [[Nives Celzijus]], with whom he has children Taiša and Leone. They divorced in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/showbiz/nakon-devet-godina-braka-razvode-se-nives-celzijus-i-dino-drpic-937143|title=Nakon devet godina braka razvode se Nives Celzijus i Dino Drpić}}</ref>
While on holiday in [[Krk]] in the summer of 2008, a British couple tried to kidnap their son Leone after mistaking him for [[Madeleine McCann]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4322916/Croatian-footballer-who-had-sex-on-pitch-with-glamour-model-wife-transfer-listed.html | title = Croatian footballer who had sex on pitch with glamour model wife transfer listed | publisher = The Daily Telegraph | date = 23 January 2009| accessdate = 8 April 2011}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Club
! League
! Games
! Goal(s)
|-
| 2000–01
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 16
| 0
|-
| 2001–02
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 21
| 0
|-
| 2002–03
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 14
| 1
|-
| 2003–04
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 32
| 3
|-
| 2004–05
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 9
| 0
|-
| 2005–06
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 31
| 1
|-
| 2006–07
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 27
| 5
|-
| 2007–08
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 22
| 1
|-
| 2008–09
| [[Dinamo Zagreb]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 13
| 0
|-
| 2008–09
| [[Karlsruher SC]]
| [[Bundesliga]]
| 16
| 0
|-
| 2009–10
| [[Karlsruher SC]]
| [[2. Bundesliga]]
| 17
| 0
|-
| 2010–11
| [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]]
| [[Greek Super League]]
| 2
| 0
|-
| 2011–12
| [[Volyn Lutsk]]
| [[Ukraine Premier League]]
| 3
| 0
|-
| 2011–12
| [[HNK Rijeka]]
| [[Prva HNL]]
| 7
| 0
|-
| 2013
| [[DPMM FC]]
| [[S.League]]
| 11
| 0
|-
|}
==Honours==
*[[Prva HNL|Croatian First League]]: [[2002–03 Prva HNL|2002–03]], [[2005–06 Prva HNL|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Prva HNL|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Prva HNL|2007–08]]
*[[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]]: [[2003–04 Croatian Cup|2003–04]], [[2006–07 Croatian Cup|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Croatian Cup|2007–08]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{sports links}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Drpic, Dino}}
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