Tomislav Butina

Dinamo Zagreb

Butina became a member of Dinamo Zagreb senior squad in the inaugural season of the Prva HNL. He marked his debut for the club on 23 May 1993. 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 Karlovac, Samobor and Slaven Belupo. He returned to Dinamo in 1997, made six league appearances in both the 1997–98 and the 1999–2000 title-winning campaigns and became the club's first-choice goalkeeper after Ladić's retirement in 2000. The next three seasons, he featured regularly in the Dinamo Zagreb first team, making a total of 90 league appearances and winning two Croatian Cups with the club. During the 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. On 26 February 2002, Butina was stripped of his capitancy after breaking media silence about the existing financial problems in the club. On 13 June 2003, he was transferred to the Belgian First Division side Club Brugge.

Club Brugge

In his 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 season, he made nine league appearances and two appearances in the UEFA Champions League. During the 2004–05 season, he conceded…

Butina made his debut for the Croatia under-21 team on 19 April 1994, playing the full 90 minutes in a friendly match against 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 Styria. Butina went on to make his full international debut for Croatia in their 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against San Marino on 5 September 2001 in 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 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.

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.

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 finals in Portugal after Pletikosa was forced to withdraw from the…

Butina is married and a father of two children: Magdalena (born c. 2003) and Hrvoje (born 2009). Formerly a resident of Velika Gorica, in 2009 he moved with his family to the Šalata neighborhood in Zagreb. Butina currently he resides in Dubai with his family, working as a coach in 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.

Samobor

Croatian Second League: 1995–96 (West) Dinamo Zagreb

Croatian Championship (6): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2009–10 Croatian Cup: 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2008–09 Croatian Supercup: 2010 Club Brugge

Belgian First Division: 2004–05 Belgian Supercup: 2005 Olympiacos

Super League Greece: 2006–07, 2007–08 Greek Cup: 2007–08 Greek Super Cup: 2007