Dante Stipica

Dante Stipica (Croatian pronunciation: [stîpitsa];[2] born 30 May 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin. Besides Croatia, he has played in Bulgaria and Poland.[3]

Dante Stipica
Stipica in 2023 with Pogoń Szczecin
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-05-30) 30 May 1991
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Pogoń Szczecin
Number 1
Youth career
2000–2002 Dalmatinac Split[1]
2002–2010 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2018 Hajduk Split 51 (0)
2009 → GOŠK KG (loan) 14 (0)
2010 → Solin (loan) 3 (0)
2011 → Zmaj Makarska (loan) 14 (0)
2012–2013 → Primorac Stobreč (loan) 27 (0)
2018–2019 CSKA Sofia 4 (0)
2019– Pogoń Szczecin 131 (0)
International career
2008 Croatia U17 3 (0)
2009 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2008–2010 Croatia U19 9 (0)
2010 Croatia U20 1 (0)
2011 Croatia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2023

Career
Stipica at the end of the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa season

A native of Split, Croatia, from the central Veli Varoš quarter, Stipica passed HNK Hajduk Split's academy, gaining his first senior appearances on loan at Hajduk's third-tier feeder team at the time, GOŠK Kaštel Gomilica, aged 17–18. He made his Prva HNL debut a few weeks before his 19th birthday, in the 5.5.2010 5-2 away win against NK Croatia Sesvete.[4] With the likes of Danijel Subašić, Vjekoslav Tomić, Goran Blažević, and Lovre Kalinić in front of him, however, he spent the following few seasons either as third-choice goalkeeper or on loan in various second- and third-tier teams. He got more playing time in the 2013/204 season, after first-choice keeper Lovre Kalinić got injured, but was injured in turn, missing the season's end. Stipica started the 2014/2015 season as first-choice keeper, but conceded his place to the recovered Kalinić after some time. He injured his right knee in October 2014,[5] missing out on the rest of the season, which prompted the signing of Marko Ranilović at mid-season. Stipica signed with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia in June 2018, where he saw limited action, being the second choice goalkeeper to Vytautas Černiauskas, and left the team in May 2019, after the end of the season.[6]

Honours

Individual

Personal life

Stipica studies law at the University of Split.[8]

References
  1. Dante Stipica: Ja sam dite iz Velog Varoša koje sanja europski Hajduk at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  2. "Stjȅpān". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 19 March 2018. Stȉpica
  3. Pogoń to dla mnie nagroda za cierpliwość weszlo.com
  4. Dante Stipica: Ja sam dite iz Velog Varoša koje sanja europski Hajduk at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  5. Stipica ozlijedio koljeno i pauzira do proljeća at HNK Hajduk Split official site
  6. "ЦСКА се раздели с двама футболисти". topsport.bg. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. "Gala Ekstraklasy – nagrodzono najlepszych w sezonie 2020/21" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. Dante Stipica: Ja sam dite iz Velog Varoša koje sanja europski Hajduk at HNK Hajduk Split official site


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