Stipe Pletikosa
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| Stipe Pletikosa | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Stipe Pletikosa | |
| Date of birth | January 8, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia | |
| Height | 193 cm | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Spartak Moscow | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986-1996 | Hajduk Split | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-present |
Hajduk Split Shakhtar Donetsk Hajduk Split (loan) Shakhtar Donetsk Spartak Moscow |
143 (4) 28 (0) 22 (0) 3 (0) — |
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| 1999- | Croatia | 53 (0) |
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Stipe Pletikosa [ˈstiːpɛ ˈplɛtikɔsa] (born January 8, 1979 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian football goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Spartak Moscow.
Pletikosa made his Croatia debut as a 20-year-old against Denmark in 1999, winning plaudits for his cat-like reflexes and shot-stopping. But insecurity over the handling of high balls took a heavy toll at the 2000 European under-21 championship in Slovakia, where Croatia finished last in their group after Pletikosa conceded some soft goals.
Pletikosa worked hard on improving the weaknesses in his game and under former Croatia coach Mirko Jozić, became his country's first-choice goalkeeper, playing in all three matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. The once nervous though talented Pletikosa has blossomed, making full use of every centimetre of his 1.93-metre frame and possessing a far greater assurance when dealing with difficult high balls.
He was also supposed to be Croatia's first goalkeeper at the Euro 2004 in Portugal, but sustained an injury a few days before the beginning of the tournament and the position of the team's first goalkeeper was taken by Tomislav Butina, who was up to that time his first reserve. Butina retained the position in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying, so Pletikosa appeared in only two qualifying matches. Nevertheless, when the finals tournament started, Pletikosa was chosen over Butina who had still been recovering from an injury sustained early in the year.
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1 Khomich | 2 Géder | 3 Stranzl | 5 Mozart | 6 Şoava | 7 Boyarintsev | 9 Titov | 10 Pavlyuchenko | 11 Pavlenko | 12 Komissarov | 13 Jiránek | 14 Torbinsky | 15 Kováč | 16 Gubin | 17 Fomin | 18 Prudnikov | 20 Rebko | 21 Owusu-Abeyie | 22 Pletikosa | 23 Bystrov | 25 Kalynychenko | 27 Covalciuc | 30 Kowalewski | 31 Parshivlyuk | 32 Bazhenov | 33 Gultyayev | 34 Sabitov | 35 Kabanov | 36 Kudryashov | 37 Lugachyov | 38 Maloyan | 40 Dzyuba | 41 Laktionov | 49 Shishkin | 55 Dineyev | 59 Ivanov | 70 Dedura |
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Croatia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Pletikosa | 2 Šerić | 3 Šimunić | 4 Tomas | 5 Rapaić | 6 Živković | 7 Vugrinec | 8 Prosinečki | 9 Šuker | 10 N. Kovač | 11 Bokšić | 12 Butina | 13 Stanić | 14 Soldo | 15 Šarić | 16 Vranješ | 17 Jarni | 18 Olić | 19 Vlaović | 20 Šimić | 21 R. Kovač | 22 Balaban | 23 Vasilj | Coach: Jozić |
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Croatia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Pletikosa | 2 Srna | 3 Šimunić | 4 R. Kovač | 5 Tudor | 6 Vranješ | 7 Šimić | 8 Babić | 9 Pršo | 10 N. Kovač | 11 Tokić | 12 Didulica | 13 Tomas | 14 Modrić | 15 I. Leko | 16 J. Leko | 17 Klasnić | 18 Olić | 19 N. Kranjčar | 20 Šerić | 21 Balaban | 22 Bošnjak | 23 Butina | Coach: Z. Kranjčar |
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