Dino Špehar

Dino Špehar (born 8 February 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovakian club MFK Skalica.

Dino Špehar
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994
Place of birth Osijek, Croatia[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 MFK Skalica
Number 29
Youth career
Osijek
2011–2013 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Osijek 20 (2)
2011–2015 Dinamo Zagreb 2 (0)
2014 → Lokomotiva Zagreb (loan) 5 (0)
2014–2015 → Istra 1961 (loan) 32 (2)
2015–2017 RNK Split 29 (2)
2017–2018 CFR Cluj 0 (0)
2017 → Concordia Chiajna (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Dunărea Călărași (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2019 Kukësi 14 (1)
2019–2021 Sereď 46 (13)
2021–2023 Olimpija Ljubljana 10 (0)
2022 → Aluminij (loan) 13 (3)
2023– MFK Skalica 1 (0)
International career
2008 Croatia U14 1 (0)
2009–2010 Croatia U16 6 (1)
2010–2011 Croatia U17 13 (8)
2012 Croatia U18 6 (0)
2011–2013 Croatia U19 11 (0)
2015 Croatia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2023

Club career

Osijek

Špehar began his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Osijek. 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.[2] He made his debut for the first team in a cup game against Šibenik on 27 October 2010, when he replaced Vedran Nikšić for the final ten minutes of the match.[3] On his first appearance for Osijek in Prva HNL, he scored his first league goal, a late equalizer against Slaven Belupo.[4] In the second leg of Croatian Cup quarter-finals against Dinamo Zagreb, Špehar scored the opening goal but Osijek lost 3–1 and was eliminated with an aggregate score of 5–1.[5]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 25 August 2011, Špehar signed a seven-year contract with Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb.[6]

RNK Split

In June 2015, Špehar terminated his contract with Dinamo Zagreb and signed a three-year contract with RNK Split.[7]

International career

Špehar was a part of the Croatian under-17 team in the qualifications for the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and scored four goals in six games. Although Croatia finished the qualifiers undefeated, they finished as runners-up in the elite round in the group behind hosts Netherlands and failed to qualify.[8][9]

Personal life

His father is Robert Špehar, a former Croatian international footballer and the former chairman of NK Osijek.[10]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Osijek 2010–11 15131—182
2011–12 51——51
Dinamo Zagreb 2011–12 10——10
2012–13 10——10
Lokomotiva (loan) 2013–14 50——50
Istra 1961 (loan) 2014–15 32241—363
RNK Split 2015–16 18200—182
2016–17 11010—120
Total 8868200968

Honours

Dunărea Călărași

Olimpija Ljubljana

References
  1. "Croatia – D. Špehar – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. Plavčić, Mario (7 October 2010). "Špehar potpisao za bijelo-plave". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  3. Plavčić, Mario (27 October 2010). "Osijek zasluženo dalje". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  4. Plavčić, Mario (13 November 2010). "Špehar spasio bijelo-plave". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  5. Plavčić, Mario (9 December 2010). "Modri potvrdili polufinale". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. Dubravac, Ante (25 August 2011). "Dino Špehar potpisao za Dinamo". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  7. Rupnik, Borna (24 June 2015). "Špehar se rastao s Dinamom, seli u Split: Nadam se da ću pomoći u borbi za vrh". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  8. Strahija, Ivana (17 November 2010). "Špehar: Ne bojim se odgovornosti". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  9. Rupnik, Borna (29 March 2011). "Pirova pobjeda mladih Hrvata". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  10. "Cel mai de perspectivă străin transferat în România. "Nu regret că am refuzat Manchester şi Bayern. Am venit să fac...Cel mai de perspectivă străin transferat în România. "Nu regret că am refuzat Manchester şi Bayern. Am venit să fac istorie şi să devin unul dintre cei mai buni jucători din campionat"" [The most perspective foreign player transferred to Romania. "I do not regret that I refused Manchester and Bayern. I came to make history and become one of the best players in the championship"] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  11. Okorn, Jože (16 April 2023). "Olimpija nadigrala Maribor in postala prvak". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  12. Viškovič, Rok (6 May 2023). "Olimpija po drami v 130. minuti do dvojne krone, zanimiv niz Maribora je končan". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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