Dino Špehar is a Croatian

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 football forward, currently playing for Dinamo Zagreb in the Prva HNL. His father is Robert Špehar

Robert Špehar

Robert Špehar is a former Croatian football striker. During his career, he played for NK Osijek, NK Zagreb, Club Brugge, AS Monaco, Verona, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Standard Liege and AC Omonia.-International:...

, former Croatian international footballer and the ex-chairman of NK Osijek

NK Osijek

NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...

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NK Osijek

Špehar started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Osijek

NK Osijek

NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...

. Before he signed a professional three-year contract with Osijek in October 2010, Špehar scored over 300 goals in his appearances for Osijek's youth categories. He made his debut for the first team in a cup game against Šibenik

HNK Šibenik

HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.The club was formed in 1932. In 2006 the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and was promoted to the Prva HNL...

 on 27 October 2010, when he replaced Vedran Nikšić

Vedran Nikšić

Vedran Nikšić is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for NK Zagreb in the Prva HNL.-Club career:Nikšić started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Osijek. He made his debut for the first team against Cibalia on 11 March 2006, in the 22nd round of 2005–06 season...

 for the final ten minutes of the match. On his first appearance for Osijek in Prva HNL, he scored his first league goal, a late equalizer against Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...

. In the second leg of Croatian Cup

2010–11 Croatian Cup

The 2010–11 Croatian Cup is the twentieth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.The defending champions are Hajduk Split, having won their 5th title the previous year by defeating Šibenik in the final....

 quarter-finals against Dinamo Zagreb, Špehar scored the opening goal but Osijek lost 3–1 and was eliminated with an aggregate score 5–1.

GNK Dinamo Zagreb

On 25 August 2011, it was announced that Špehar signed a seven-year contract with Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb.

International career

Špehar was a part of the Croatian national Under-17 team in the qualifications for the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

-Group B:---------------------Knockout Map:All times are local .-Semifinals:-----Final:-Goal scorers:3 goals Hallam Hope Samed Yesil Kyle Ebecilio Tonny Trindade de Vilhena2 goals Viktor Fischer Sébastien Haller1 goal...

 and scored four goals in six games. Although Croatia ended qualifications undefeated, in the elite round

2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round

2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2011....

they finished runners-up in the group behind hosts Netherlands and failed to qualify.

External links

• Dino Špehar at Transfermarkt.de