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{{short description|Croatian footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tomislav Butina
| image = Tomislav Butina 15032009.jpg
| upright = 1.3
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|3|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Zagreb]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|SR Croatia]], [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| height = 1.91 m<ref name=profile>{{cite web|url=http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/igrac/prikaz/905/default.aspx|title=Tomislav Butina|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701001104/http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/igrac/prikaz/905/default.aspx|publisher=Dinamo Zagreb|archivedate=1 July 2010|language=Croatian}}</ref>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1992–2003  | clubs1 = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]         | caps1 = 103 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1994–1995  | clubs2 = → [[NK Karlovac|Karlovac]] (loan)           | caps2 =     | goals2 = 
| years3 = 1995–1996  | clubs3 = → [[NK Samobor|Samobor]] (loan)             | caps3 =     | goals3 = 
| years4 = 1996–1997  | clubs4 = → [[NK Slaven Belupo|Slaven Belupo]] (loan) | caps4 =     | goals4 = 
| years5 = 2003–2006  | clubs5 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]              | caps5 = 61  | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2006–2008  | clubs6 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]              | caps6 = 4   | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2008–2010  | clubs7 = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]         | caps7 = 49  | goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 216
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1995      | nationalteam1 = [[Croatia national under-20 football team|Croatia U20]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1994–1995 | nationalteam2 = [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia U21]] | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2001–2006 | nationalteam3 = [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] | nationalcaps3 = 28 | nationalgoals3 = 0
}}

'''Tomislav Butina''' ({{IPA|sh|tǒmislaʋ bǔtina|pron}}; born 30 March 1974) is a Croatian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]], [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] and [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]. He was also capped 28 times for the [[Croatia national football team|Croatia national team]] in the period from 2001 to 2006, and was member of Croatian squads at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]s, as well as [[UEFA Euro 2004]].

Butina began his professional career with Dinamo Zagreb, debuting for the first team on 23 May 1993, when the club was known as "Croatia Zagreb". However, he struggled to make an impact at the club at the time when [[Dražen Ladić]] was the club's longtime first-choice goalkeeper. In the mid-1990s, he had several loan spells with lower-tier Croatian sides [[NK Karlovac|Karlovac]], [[NK Samobor|Samobor]] and [[NK Slaven Belupo|Slaven Belupo]]. In the late 1990s, he became a regular member of the squad, and, following Ladić's retirement in 2000, took over as Dinamo's first choice goalkeeper in the [[2000–01 Prva HNL|2000–01 season]].

In July 2003, Butina joined [[Belgian First Division]] club Club Brugge, where he spent three seasons before moving on to Greek powerhouse Olympiacos in 2006. Following an unsuccessful two-season spell with the club, he returned to Dinamo Zagreb for the [[2008–09 Prva HNL|2008–09 season]]. He made 49 league appearances in his final spell with the club, before being released early in the [[2010–11 Prva HNL|2010–11 season]], on 18 August 2010.<ref name="nogmag">{{cite web|url=http://www.hnl-statistika.com/p1.asp?ID=1705|title=Tomislav Butina (Hrvatska), igrač|work=[[Nogometni magazin]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202175354/http://www.hnl-statistika.com/p1.asp?ID=1705|archivedate=2 February 2014}}</ref>

Internationally, Butina represented Croatia at the under-20 and [[Croatia national under-21 football team|under-21]] levels in 1994 and 1995, making a total of twelve appearances at youth levels. On 5 September 2001, he made his full international debut in a [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|2002 World Cup qualifier]] against [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]]. He went on to appear in all of Croatia's three matches at the Euro 2004 finals, and kept his place as the national team's first-choice goalkeeper over the following 18 months. He was also part of Croatia's 23-man squads for the 2002 and 2006 World Cup finals, but did not feature in any of the team's six matches during the two tournaments. In August 2006, he announced his retirement from the national team.

==Club career==

===Dinamo Zagreb===
Butina became a member of [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]] senior squad in the [[1992 Prva HNL|inaugural season]] of the [[Prva HNL]]. He marked his debut for the club on 23 May 1993.<ref name=profile/> Due to [[Dražen Ladić]] being an irreplaceable as the club's first-choice goalkeeper, Butina was sent on loans to smaller Prva HNL clubs. He then had season-long loan spells with [[NK Karlovac|Karlovac]], [[NK Samobor|Samobor]] and [[NK Slaven Belupo|Slaven Belupo]].<ref name=stats>{{NFT player|id=1717|name=Butina, Tomislav|accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref> He returned to Dinamo in 1997, made six league appearances in both the [[1997–98 Prva HNL|1997–98]] and the [[1999–2000 Prva HNL|1999–2000]] title-winning campaigns and became the club's first-choice goalkeeper after Ladić's retirement in 2000.<ref name=stats/> The next three seasons, he featured regularly in the Dinamo Zagreb first team, making a total of 90 league appearances and winning two [[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]]s with the club. During the [[2002–03 Prva HNL|2002–03 season]], Butina appeared in all 32 of Dinamo Zagreb's league matches and conceded only 27 goals, which helped the club secure its first title since 2000.<ref name=stats/> On 26 February 2002, Butina was stripped of his capitancy after breaking media silence about the existing financial problems in the club.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Butina više nije kapetan|url=http://www.vjesnik.hr/Html/2002/02/27/Clanak.asp?r=spo&c=8|publisher=Vjesnik On-Line|date=26 February 2002|accessdate=14 August 2009|language=Croatian}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 13 June 2003, he was transferred to the [[Belgian First Division]] side [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]].<ref name=nogmag/>

===Club Brugge===
In his [[2003–04 in Belgian football|first season]] with Club Brugge, Butina was a second-choice goalkeeper to [[Dany Verlinden]], but the veteran retired the following season, and Butina became a member of the starting eleven. During the [[2003–04 Belgian First Division|2003–04 season]], he made nine league appearances and two appearances in the [[2003–04 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]]. During the [[2004–05 Belgian First Division|2004–05 season]], he conceded just 22 goals in 31 league matches as Club Brugge claimed the [[Belgian First Division|Belgian championship]] title; it was his first and only honour with the Belgian club. Butina also made two appearances in the [[2004–05 UEFA Cup]]. The next season, he made 19 appearances in the [[2005–06 Belgian First Division|First Division]] and featured in five [[2005–06 UEFA Champions League]] group stage matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=6547|title=Tomislav Butina|publisher=Football Database|accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref> Butina played his last match for Club Brugge on 15 February 2006 against [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] in a 2–1 defeat at [[Jan Breydel Stadium]] in the [[2005–06 UEFA Cup]].

[[File:Tomislav Butina 2008.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Tomislav Butina in 2008.]]

===Olympiacos===
On 16 July, Butina was transferred to [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]].<ref name=nogmag/> He appeared only in two [[Superleague Greece|league matches]] in his two seasons with the club, conceding four goals. Following his two-year spell with the Greek club, Butina decided to sign for the reigning [[2007–08 Prva HNL|Croatian champions]] Dinamo Zagreb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=700597.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152459/http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=700597.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2014|title=Butina back at Dinamo Zagreb|date=23 May 2008|work=[[UEFA]]|publisher=UEFA|access-date=8 February 2014}}</ref>

===Return to Dinamo Zagreb===
[[Image:Tomislav Butina.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Tomislav Butina delivering a goal–kick during the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] qualifier vs. [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg.]]]]
On 23 May 2008, exactly 15 years following his debut for the Dinamo Zagreb first team, he signed a two-year deal with the Croatian club after previously being [[Free transfer (football)|released]] from his contract with Olympiacos.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Butina: Dinamo je za mene nešto posebno|url=http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/vijest/prikaz/903/default.aspx|publisher=Dinamo Zagreb|date=23 May 2008|accessdate=8 September 2009|language=Croatian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110613221202/http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/vijest/prikaz/903/default.aspx|archive-date=13 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In first season following his return, Butina made 24 league appearances, conceding 18 goals. He also featured in three [[2008–09 UEFA Champions League]] qualifiers, four matches in [[2008–09 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] and six matches in [[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]] which Dinamo have won third time in a row.

Butina helped the club defend the league title the next season, featuring in 25 [[2009–10 Prva HNL|league matches]].<ref name=nogmag/> He also made ten appearances in [[UEFA|European competitions]] and four more appearances in the [[2009–10 Croatian Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/kup/Default.aspx|publisher=Dinamo Zagreb|title=Kup 2009–10|accessdate=25 June 2010|language=Croatian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402024327/http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/kup/Default.aspx|archivedate=2 April 2010}}</ref> On 17 August 2010, at the start of the [[2010–11 GNK Dinamo Zagreb season|2010–11 season]], Butina was released from his contract with Dinamo Zagreb along with his teammate [[Ante Tomić (footballer, born 1983)|Ante Tomić]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/halilhodzic--zdravko-mamic-mi-nece-odredivati-sastav/878447/|title=Halihodžić: Zdravko Mamić mi neće određivati sastav!|publisher=Sportske novosti|accessdate=17 August 2010|date=17 August 2010|language=Croatian}}</ref> He made a total of 50 league appearances for Dinamo Zagreb following his return, also winning four domestic trophies.<ref name=nogmag/>

==International career==
Butina made his debut for the [[Croatia national under-21 football team|Croatia under-21 team]] on 19 April 1994, playing the full 90 minutes in a [[exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Slovakia national under-21 football team|Slovakia]] which finished by a goalless draw. Butina won a total of 11 international caps for the under-21 team between April 1994 and October 1995. He also played for under-20 team on one occasion, in an exhibition match against [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]].<ref name=national>{{cite web|url=http://www.hns-cff.hr/?ln=hr&w=statistike&repka=A&id=109930|title=Statistike – Nastupi: Tomislav Butina|publisher=Croatian Football Federation|accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref>

Butina went on to make his full international debut for [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] in their [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] against [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]] on 5 September 2001 in [[Serravalle, San Marino|Serravalle]] which Croatia won 4–0. Butina won a total of 28 international caps in almost five years of playing for the Croatia national football team. He made his last international appearance in Croatia's 1–0 defeat to [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in a friendly match played on 3 June 2006 in [[Wolfsburg]] during the two teams' preparations for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] tournament. It was his only international appearance in 2006.<ref name=national/>

===2002 World Cup===
Butina was called to take part in a 23-man squad at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] final tournament by then manager [[Mirko Jozić]] and was issued the number 12 shirt. At the tournament, he remained an unused substitute in all of the team's three group matches, serving as the second-choice goalkeeper behind [[Stipe Pletikosa]].<ref name=national/>

===2004 UEFA Euro===
Despite not making any appearances for Croatia during the [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]], Butina went on to appear in all of their three group matches at the [[UEFA Euro 2004|finals]] in Portugal after Pletikosa was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury sustained in training a few days before the first match. He was again issued a number 12 shirt. In the group stage, Croatia maintained a goalless draw against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], a 2–2 draw against [[France national football team|France]], and a 4–2 loss in the final round of the group stage against [[England national football team|England]] which saw the team being eliminated from the tournament.<ref name=national/>

===2006 World Cup===
Butina was able to keep his place as Croatia's first-choice goalkeeper during the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2006 World Cup qualifying]] and started eight out of ten matches, only being replaced by Pletikosa for the two matches that the team played in September 2005. Although Butina was part of Croatia's 23-man squad at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] finals in Germany, he lost his place in the starting lineup to Pletikosa and remained an unused substitute in all of the team's three group matches.<ref name=national/> He announced his retirement from the national team a few weeks after the tournament, citing his desire to concentrate on club career and to spend more time with his family.<ref name="Index">{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/tomo-butina-oprasta-se-od-reprezentacije/323547.aspx|title=Tomo Butina oprašta se od reprezentacije|date=1 August 2006|work=[[Index.hr]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Butina is married and a father of two children: Magdalena (born c. 2003) and Hrvoje (born 2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.24sata.hr/obitelj/tomislav-butina-i-supruga-dobili-su-prvog-sina-hrvoja-136829|title=Tomislav Butina i supruga dobili su prvog sina Hrvoja|date=23 September 2009|work=[[24sata (Croatia)|24sata]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref> Formerly a resident of [[Velika Gorica]], in 2009 he moved with his family to the [[Šalata]] neighborhood in Zagreb.<ref name="Jutarnji">{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/tomo-butina--supruga-i-ja-zajedno-smo-uredili-nas-dom--zadnja-je-ipak-bila-moja---/437435/|title='Supruga i ja zajedno smo uredili naš dom. Zadnja je ipak bila moja...'|date=29 December 2009|work=[[Jutarnji list]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref> Butina currently he resides in [[Dubai]] with his family, working as a coach in [[Al-Nasr SC (Dubai)|Al-Nasr]] youth academy.

Butina is well known as an art lover. He is interested mainly in modern Croatian art and owns a large collection of paintings, as well as an art gallery.<ref name="Jutarnji"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poslovni.hr/after5/hrvatski-kolekcionari-108514|title=Hrvatski kolekcionari|date=12 February 2009|work=Poslovni dnevnik|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/butina-i-umjetnost-831438|title=Butina i umjetnost|date=24 May 2007|work=[[Večernji list]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/template/article/article-print.jsp?id=251894|title=Butina Vugrincu ugrozio status lidera umjetnosti|date=30 May 2008|work=[[Jutarnji list]]|language=Croatian|accessdate=1 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203042956/http://www.jutarnji.hr/template/article/article-print.jsp?id=251894|archivedate=3 February 2014}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name=nogmag/><ref>{{NFT player|1717|name=Butina, Tomislav|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
|-
!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
|[[1992–93 Prva HNL|1992–93]]
|1||0
|-
|[[1993–94 Prva HNL|1993–94]]
|0||0
|-
|[[1997–98 Prva HNL|1997–98]]
|6||0
|-
|[[1998–99 Prva HNL|1998–99]]
|0||0
|-
|[[1999–2000 Prva HNL|1999–2000]]
|6||0
|-
|[[2000–01 Prva HNL|2000–01]]
|29||0
|-
|[[2001–02 Prva HNL|2001–02]]
|29||0
|-
|[[2002–03 Prva HNL|2002–03]]
|32||0
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!93!!0
|-
|[[NK Karlovac|Karlovac]] (loan)
|[[1994–95 Prva HNL|1994–95]]
|0||0
|-
|[[NK Samobor|Samobor]] (loan)
|[[1995–96 Prva HNL|1995–96]]
|0||0
|-
|[[NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica|Slaven Belupo]] (loan)
|[[1996–97 Prva HNL|1996–97]]
|0||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]
|[[2003–04 Belgian First Division|2003–04]]
|9||0
|-
|[[2004–05 Belgian First Division|2004–05]]
|33||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Belgian First Division|2005–06]]
|19||0
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!42!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|[[2006–07 Super League Greece|2006–07]]
|2||0
|-
|[[2007–08 Super League Greece|2007–08]]
|0||0
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!2!!0
|-
|rowspan="4"|Dinamo Zagreb
|[[2008–09 Prva HNL|2008–09]]
|24||0
|-
|[[2009–10 Prva HNL|2009–10]]
|25||0
|-
|[[2010–11 Prva HNL|2010–11]]
|1||0
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!50!!0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!216!!0
|}

==Honours==
'''Samobor'''
*[[Druga HNL|Croatian Second League]]: 1995–96 (West)

'''Dinamo Zagreb'''
*[[Prva HNL|Croatian Championship]] (6): [[1997–98 Prva HNL|1997–98]], [[1998–99 Prva HNL|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Prva HNL|1999–2000]], [[2002–03 Prva HNL|2002–03]], [[2008–09 Prva HNL|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Prva HNL|2009–10]]
*[[Croatian Football Cup|Croatian Cup]]: [[1997–98 Croatian Cup|1997–98]], [[2000–01 Croatian Cup|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Croatian Cup|2001–02]], [[2008–09 Croatian Cup|2008–09]]
*[[Croatian Supercup]]: 2010

'''Club Brugge'''
*[[Belgian First Division]]: [[2004–05 Belgian First Division|2004–05]]
*[[Belgian Supercup]]: 2005

'''Olympiacos'''
*[[Super League Greece]]: [[2006–07 Super League Greece|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Super League Greece|2007–08]]
*[[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]]: [[2007–08 Football Greek Cup|2007–08]]
*[[Greek Super Cup]]: [[2007 Greek Super Cup|2007]]

==References==
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==External links==
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