Tomislav Butina
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Tomislav Butina (ˈtɔmislaʋ ˈbutina; born 30 March 1974) is a former 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...

 footballer who played as goalkeeper for top level clubs Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

 and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national football team
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...

 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
Dražen Ladic
Dražen Ladić is a former Croatian football goalkeeper. Between 2006 and 2011 he was the head coach of the Croatian national under-21 team.-Club:...

 was the club's longtime first-choice goalkeeper. In the mid-1990s he had several loan spells with lower-tier Croatian sides Karlovac
NK Karlovac
NK Karlovac is a Croatian football club based in the town of Karlovac. They play in the Prva HNL, the country's top division, having been promoted to top level at the end of the 2008–09 season...

, Samobor
NK Samobor
NK Samobor is a Croatian football club based in the town of Samobor in Zagreb County.Former Liverpool defender Igor Biscan played for the club on loan early on in his career....

 and 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 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
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

, 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 50 league appearances in his final spell with the club, before being released early in the 2010–11
2010–11 Prva HNL
The 2010–11 Prva HNL season was the twentieth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...

 season, on 18 August 2010.

Internationally, Butina represented Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 at the under-20 and under-21
Croatia national under-21 football team
The Croatia national under-21 football team, also known as Croatia under-21 or Croatia U21 is a youth association football national team which represents Croatia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Croatia national football team....

 levels in 1994 and 1995, making a total of twelve appearances at youth levels. On 5 September 2001, he made his full international
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...

 debut in a 2002 World Cup qualifier against San Marino
San Marino national football team
The San Marino national football team is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation...

. He went on to appear in all of Croatia's three matches at the UEFA Euro 2004 finals, and kept his place as the national team's first-choice goalkeeper over the following 18 months. He was also part of Croatia's 23-man squads for the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

 finals, but did not feature in any of the team's six matches during the two tournaments. In August 2006, he announced his retirement from the national team.

Dinamo Zagreb

Butina became a member of Dinamo Zagreb senior squad in the inaugural season of the Prva HNL. He marked his debut for the club on 23 May 1993. Due to Dražen Ladić
Dražen Ladic
Dražen Ladić is a former Croatian football goalkeeper. Between 2006 and 2011 he was the head coach of the Croatian national under-21 team.-Club:...

 being an irreplaceable as the club's first choice goalkeeper, Butina was sent on loans to smaller Prva HNL clubs. He then had season-long loan spells with Karlovac
NK Karlovac
NK Karlovac is a Croatian football club based in the town of Karlovac. They play in the Prva HNL, the country's top division, having been promoted to top level at the end of the 2008–09 season...

, Samobor
NK Samobor
NK Samobor is a Croatian football club based in the town of Samobor in Zagreb County.Former Liverpool defender Igor Biscan played for the club on loan early on in his career....

 and 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...

. He returned to Dinamo in 1997, made six league appearances in both the 1997–98 and the 1999–2000
Prva HNL 1999-00
-Stadia and locations:-League table:-Matches 1–22:During matches 1–22 each team plays every other team twice ....

 title-winning campaigns and became the club's first-choice goalkeeper after Ladić's retirement in 2000. The next three seasons, he featured regularly in the Dinamo Zagreb first team, making a total of 90 league appearances and winning two Croatian Cup
Croatian Cup
The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...

s with the club. During the 2002–03 Prva HNL season, Butina appeared in all of the 32 Dinamo Zagreb's league matches and conceded only 27 goals, which helped the club secure its first title since 2000. On 26 February 2002 Butina was stripped of his capitancy after breaking media silence about the existing financial problems in the club. On 13 June 2003 he was transferred to the Belgian First Division side Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

.

Club Brugge

In his first season with Club Brugge, he was a second-choice goalkeeper to Dany Verlinden
Dany Verlinden
Daniel 'Dany' Verlinden is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Often referred to as De Muur , he played most of his career at Club Brugge, having played into his 40s....

, but the veteran retired the following season, and Butina became a member of the starting eleven. In 2003–04 season he made nine league appearances and two appearances in the UEFA Champions League. During the 2004–05 season he conceded just 22 goals in 31 league games as Club Brugge claimed the Belgian championship title. It was his first and only honour with the Belgian club. He also made two appearances in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. The next season he made nineteen appearances in the First Division and featured in five 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage matches. Butina played his last match for Club Brugge on 15 February 2006 against A.S. Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

 in a 2–1 defeat at Jan Breydel Stadium in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.

Olympiacos

On 16 July, he was transferred to Olympiakos. He appeared only in two league matches in his two seasons with the club, conceding four goals. Following his unsuccessful two-year spell with the Greek club, Butina decided to sign for the reigning Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.

Return to Dinamo Zagreb

On 23 May 2008, exactly fifteen years following his debut for the Dinamo Zagreb first team, he signed a two-year deal with the Croatian club after previously being released from his contract with Olympiacos. In first season following his return, Butina made 24 league appearances, conceding 18 goals. He also featured in three 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifiers, four matches in UEFA Cup and six matches in Croatian Cup
Croatian Cup
The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...

 which Dinamo have won third time in a row. He helped the club defend the league title the next season, featuring in 25 league matches
2009–10 Prva HNL
The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

. He also made 10 appearances in European competitions
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 and four more appearances in the 2009–10 Croatian Cup
2009–10 Croatian Cup
The 2009–10 Croatian Cup was the nineteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb since they won the previous year's cup by defeating Hajduk Split on penalties after the result was tied 3–3 on aggregate....

. On 17 August 2010, at the start of the 2010–11 season
2010–11 NK Dinamo Zagreb season
GNK Dinamo Zagreb are an association football club from Zagreb, Croatia. Home matches were played at the club's ground, Maksimir Stadium, which had a capacity of xx,xxx for the 2010–11 season. Dinamo's season officially began 1 June 2010 and concluded on 30 May 2011, although competitive matches...

, Butina was released from his contract with Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

 along with his teammate Ante Tomić
Ante Tomic
Ante Tomić is Croatian writer and journalist.A native of a village Glavina Donja near Imotski, Tomić graduated in philosophy and sociology at the University of Zadar....

. He made a total of 50 league appearances for Dinamo Zagreb following his return, also winning four domestic throphies.

International career

Butina made his debut for the Croatia under-21 team
Croatia national under-21 football team
The Croatia national under-21 football team, also known as Croatia under-21 or Croatia U21 is a youth association football national team which represents Croatia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Croatia national football team....

 on 19 April 1994, playing the full 90 minutes in a friendly match
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

 against Slovakia
Slovakia national under-21 football team
The Slovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by the Slovak Football Association, is Slovakia's national under 21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Slovakia national football team.-European Under-21 Championship record:...

 which finished by a goalless draw. Butina won a total of 11 international caps for the under-21 team between April 1994 and October 1995. He also played for under-20 team on one occasion, in an exhibition match against Styria
Duchy of Styria
The history of Styria concerns the region roughly corresponding to the modern Austrian state of Styria and the Slovene region of Styria from its settlement by Germans and Slavs in the Dark Ages until the present...

.

He went on to make his full international debut for Croatia
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...

 in their 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against San Marino
San Marino national football team
The San Marino national football team is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation...

 on 5 September 2001 in Serravalle
Serravalle, San Marino
Serravalle is a castello located in the European republic of San Marino. With a population of 9,394 inhabitants and a surface of 10.53 km², it is not only the most densely populated municipality in San Marino, but it also contains its largest city...

 which Croatia won 4–0. Butina won a total of 28 international caps in almost five years of playing for the Croatian national football team. He made his last international appearance in Croatia's 1–0 defeat to Poland
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

 in a friendly match played on 3 June 2006 in Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG...

 during the two teams' preparations for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

 tournament. It was his only international appearance in 2006.

2002 World Cup

Butina was called to take part in a 23-man squad at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

 final tournament by then manager Mirko Jozić
Mirko Jozic
Mirko Jozić is a retired Croatian football player and currently an active football manager.As a coach, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, with the Yugoslavia U-20 national team composed of names such as Robert Prosinečki, Zvonimir Boban and Davor Šuker.He coached Chilean club...

 and was issued the number 12 shirt. At the tournament, he remained an unused substitute in all of the team's three group matches, serving as the second-choice goalkeeper behind Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian football goalkeeper who plays for the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov and the Croatian national team, for which he has made 86 appearances.-Hajduk Split:...

.

2004 UEFA Euro

Despite not making any appearances for Croatia during the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying, Butina went on to appear in all of their three group matches at the finals in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 after Pletikosa was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury sustained in training a few days before the first match. He was again issued a number 12 shirt. In the group stage, Croatia maintained a goalless draw against Switzerland
Switzerland national football team
The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

, a 2–2 draw against France
France national football team
The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

, and a loss 4–2 loss in the final round of the group stage against England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

 which saw the team being eliminated from the tournament.

2006 World Cup

Butina was able to keep his place as the team's first-choice goalkeeper throughout the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup...

, playing in the first eight qualifiers, though Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian football goalkeeper who plays for the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov and the Croatian national team, for which he has made 86 appearances.-Hajduk Split:...

 played the final two. Butina was also part of the Croatia's 23-man squad at the World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, but once again remained an unused substitute in all of the team's three group matches, as Pletikosa was first-choice. He announced his retirement from the national team a few weeks after the tournament.

Career statistics

Club Season League
Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

1992–93 1 0
1993–94 0 0
Karlovac
NK Karlovac
NK Karlovac is a Croatian football club based in the town of Karlovac. They play in the Prva HNL, the country's top division, having been promoted to top level at the end of the 2008–09 season...

1994–95 0 0
Samobor
NK Samobor
NK Samobor is a Croatian football club based in the town of Samobor in Zagreb County.Former Liverpool defender Igor Biscan played for the club on loan early on in his career....

1995–96 0 0
Slaven Belupo 1996–97 0 0
Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

1997–98 6 0
1998–99 0 0
1999–00 6 0
2000–01 29 0
2001–02 29 0
2002–03 32 0
Club Brugge
Club Brugge
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

2003–04 9 0
2004–05 33 0
2005–06 19 0
Olympiakos 2006–07 2 0
2007–08 0 0
Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

2008–09 24 0
2009–10
2009–10 Prva HNL
The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

25 0
2010–11
2010–11 Prva HNL
The 2010–11 Prva HNL season was the twentieth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...

1 0
Total 2160

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb
  • Croatian Championship (6): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2009–10
    2009–10 Prva HNL
    The 2009–10 Prva HNL season was the nineteenth season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010...

  • Croatian Cup
    Croatian Cup
    The Croatian Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Prva HNL league championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation and usually runs from late August to May...

     (4): 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02
    2001–02 Croatian Cup
    The 2001–02 Croatian Cup was the eleventh edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, who retained the title beating Varteks in the final.-Calendar:-Preliminary round:-First round:-Second round:...

    , 2008–09
  • Croatian Supercup
    Croatian Supercup
    The Croatian Supercup is a football match between the winners of the Prva HNL and the Croatian Cup. The Supercup serves as a curtain raiser of the new football season and is only held when different clubs happen to win the two most important competitions during the previous season The Croatian...

     (1): 2010


Club Brugge
  • Belgian First Division (1): 2004–05
  • Belgian Supercup
    Belgian Supercup
    The Belgian Supercup is a Belgian club competition played on a single match at the league champion venue since 2004 and formerly at the Stade Roi Baudouin, between the winner of the last Belgian Pro League and that of the last Belgian Cup. If both teams are the same, the opponent is declared to...

     (1): 2005


Olympiacos
  • Super League Greece (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
  • Greek Cup (1): 2007–08
  • Greek Super Cup
    Greek Super Cup
    -Official edition:-External links:*...

     (1): 2007

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