Stipe Pletikosa

Stipe Pletikosa
Pletikosa with Rostov in 2015
Personal information
Full name Stipe Pletikosa[1]
Date of birth (1979-01-08) 8 January 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Croatia](technical director)
Youth career
1986–1996 Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2003 Hajduk Split 141 (4)
2003–2007 Shakhtar Donetsk 32 (0)
2005–2006 → Hajduk Split (loan) 21 (0)
2007–2011 Spartak Moscow 63 (0)
2010–2011 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2015 Rostov 110 (0)
2015–2016 Deportivo La Coruña 2 (0)
Total 369 (4)
International career
1994 Croatia U15 1 (0)
1994–1995 Croatia U16 2 (0)
1994 Croatia U17 2 (0)
1995–1997 Croatia U18 2 (0)
1995–1998 Croatia U19 14 (0)
1999 Croatia U20 5 (0)
1998–2001 Croatia U21 13 (0)
1999–2014 Croatia 114 (0)
Managerial career
2021– Croatia (technical director)
2021-2023 Croatia U21 (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stipe Pletikosa (Croatian pronunciation: [stǐːpe plětikosa];[3][4] born 8 January 1979) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As of 29 July 2021, he works at the Croatian Football Federation as the technical director of the national senior and under-21 teams.[5][6]

Pletikosa began his professional career with Hajduk Split in Croatia, transferred to Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, then joined Spartak Moscow in 2007. After spending one season with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, he returned to Russia in 2011 with Rostov, then moved to Deportivo de La Coruña of La Liga in 2015, where he retired.

Pletikosa made his international debut for Croatia in 1999, and went on to represent the country in five major tournaments. He is the fourth-most capped player in the history of the Croatia national team after Luka Modrić, Darijo Srna and Ivan Perišić, having made 114 appearances. Pletikosa retired from international football following the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[7]

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Croatia" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Stipe Pletikosa: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Stjȅpān". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Stípe
  4. ^ "plȅsti". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Plètikosa
  5. ^ Juranović, Tomislav (29 July 2021). "Kustić preuzeo Šukerovu fotelju i na startu poslao jasnu poruku: 'Zdravko Mamić nema nikakav utjecaj!'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Marijan Kustić održao sastanak s Pletikosom, Dalićem i njegovim pomoćnicima". Hrvatski nogometni savez. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Pletikosa calls time on Croatia career". FIFA. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014.