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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
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 edit

Born in Osijek, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Krpan started his career with local club NK Osijek. Due to the war breaking out in 1991, as a 17-year-old he engaged in battle to help save his hometown.^[1] He moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1998, being scarcely used during his one-and-a-half-season spell.

In January 2000, staying in Portugal, Krpan left for U.D. Leiria and played for the team until the summer of 2001, initially on loan.^[2] He then returned to Croatia and played one season apiece for Osijek, NK Zagreb and HNK Hajduk Split, before returning to Leiria for 2004–05;^[3] he was an important attacking element during the campaign as the latter team barely avoided relegation from the Primeira Liga, notably scoring in a 1–1 away draw against FC Porto.^[4]

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.

International career edit

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. His final international was a September 1998 European Championship qualification match away against the Republic of Ireland.^[5]

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).^[6]

Honours edit

Club edit

NK Zagreb

Croatian First League: 2001–02

Hajduk Split

Rijeka

Croatian Football Cup: 2005–06

Inter Zaprešić

Croatian Second League: 2006–07

Individual edit

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1998

Orders edit

Order of the Croatian Interlace – 1998^[7]

References edit

^ "Krpan otkriva kako je branio Hrvatsku: Boban je '98 Tuđmanu predavao raport s akreditacijom osječkog ratnika" [Krpan reveals how he defended Croatia: Boban gave lecture to Tudjman in '98 with the accreditation of the Osijek warrior] (in Croatian). Index. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ "Sporting empresta Petar Krpan à U. Leiria" [Sporting loan Petar Krpan to U. Leiria]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 December 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "Krpan: "O FC Porto não devia gostar muito de mim…"" [Krpan: "There certainly was no love lost between FC Porto and me…"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "FC Porto-U. Leiria, 1–1 (Quaresma 8; Krpan 75)". Record (in Portuguese). 22 September 2004. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "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.