Petar Krpan

Petar Krpan
Personal information
Date of birth	1 July 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth	Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Croatia U17 (coach)
Youth career
	Osijek
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1998	Osijek
1998–1999	Sporting CP
1999–2001	União Leiria
2001	Osijek
2002	NK Zagreb
2002–2004	Hajduk Split
2004–2005	União Leiria
2005–2006	Rijeka
2006	Jiangsu Sainty
2006–2007	Inter Zaprešić
2007–2008	Grafičar Vodovod
Total
International career
1998	Croatia
Managerial career
2017–	Croatia U17
Medal record
Competitor for Croatia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petar Krpan (born 1 July 1974) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Osijek, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Krpan started his career with hometown club NK Osijek. Due to the war breaking out in 1991 Krpan as a 17 year old fought to save his hometown.^[1] He moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1998, being scarcely used during his one 1/2-season spell. In January 2000, staying in Portugal, he left for U.D. Leiria and played for the team until the 2001 summer.

Krpan then returned to Croatia and played one season apiece for Osijek, NK Zagreb and HNK Hajduk Split, before returning to Leiria for 2004–05. He was an important offensive element during the campaign as his team barely avoided relegation from the Primeira Liga, notably scoring in a 1–1 home draw against F.C. Porto.

In 2005, Krpan once again moved back to his country by joining HNK Rijeka, where he spent one season before moving to second division side NK Inter Zaprešić. In 2007–08 he dropped down another level and signed with NK Grafičar Vodovod, returning to his hometown and retiring from football after one year, aged 34.

International career

Krpan won three caps for the Croatia national team in 1998, all as a second-half substitute. His debut occurred on 6 June in a friendly match with Australia, in Zagreb.

Krpan was a member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup where he made one appearance, playing the last 13 minutes of the round-of-16 match against Romania (1–0).^[2]

Honours

Club

NK Zagreb

Croatian First League: 2001–02

Hajduk Split

Rijeka

Croatian Football Cup: 2006

Inter Zaprešić

Croatian Second League: 2006-07

Individual

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1998

Orders

Order of the Croatian Interlace – 1998^[3]

References

^ "Krpan otkriva kako je branio Hrvatsku: Boban je ´98 Tuđmanu predavao raport s akreditacijom osječkog ratnika". index-hr (in Croatian). 29 May 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ "De pena máxima" [Maximum penalty]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ "Predsjednik Tudjman odlikovao hrvatsku nogometnu reprezentaciju" [President Tudjman decorated Croatian national team] (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

External links

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Petar Krpan at ForaDeJogo (archived)
National team data
Petar Krpan at National-Football-Teams.com
Petar Krpan – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] "Krpan otkriva kako je branio Hrvatsku: Boban je ´98 Tuđmanu predavao raport s akreditacijom osječkog ratnika". index-hr (in Croatian). 29 May 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

[2] "De pena máxima" [Maximum penalty]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 July 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[3] "Predsjednik Tudjman odlikovao hrvatsku nogometnu reprezentaciju" [President Tudjman decorated Croatian national team] (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

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