Description
Tomislav Butina 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 Dra?en Ladi? 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 Ladi?'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. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
March 30th, 1974 in Zagreb (Age 50)
Teams
N.K. Dinamo Zagreb (2008-2010) | Olympiacos F.C. (2006-2008) | Cruz Azul (2003-2006) | Croatia national football team (2001-2006) | NK Slaven Belupo (1996-1997) | NK Samobor (1995-1996) | Croatia national under-20 football team (1995) | NK Karlovac 1919 (1994-1995) | Croatia national under-21 football team (1994-1995) | N.K. Dinamo Zagreb (1992-2003) |
Last Changes
2010/10/28
Address Removed: Available to members only
2009/02/16
New Address: Available to members only
2008/01/25
New Scanned Autograph (Trade/Prob.Auth)