Zlatko Tripic

Tripić was born in Rijeka, Croatia to Bosnian parents. When he was 9 months old, he moved to Norway with his parents and grew up in Lyngdal Municipality, playing youth football for Lyngdal IL. During his youth he attended a lot of Start's home matches. He moved to Sirdal Municipality in August 2008, and spent the next three years as a student at Sirdal VGS football. At the same time he joined Tonstad IL, playing league football for their first team at the sixth tier of the Norwegian football league pyramid. In his last match for Tonstad, at an indoor tournament, Tripic scored the winning goal when Tonstad beat Egersund IK by 2–1 in the final. Egersund, playing at level 3, was impressed by young Tripic, and signed him only two months later. Here, he played an instrumental role as his club pushed for promotion, going top of their league in early June after Tripic scored a goal direct from a free-kick against fellow promotion chasers Brodd. After an impressive display against Viking in a 2011 Norwegian Football Cup first-round tie, he made headlines in several Norwegian newspapers. It was thought that Viking would be his next career stop, but in a hectic summer, where he had trials at both Strømsgodset and Molde, his move to Molde was completed in August 2011 for an undisclosed fee. He only made 11 league appearances for Egersund during the four months he stayed with the club. He made his debut in Tippeligaen for Molde, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–1 win against Start…

Tripic made his debut for Norway U21 in a friendly match against Netherlands U21 on 11 October 2012.

As of match played 18 August 2026

Molde

Eliteserien: 2011, 2012 Norwegian Cup: 2013 Sheriff Tiraspol

Moldovan National Division: 2017 Viking

Eliteserien: 2025 1. divisjon: 2018 Norwegian Cup: 2019 Individual

Eliteserien Player of the Month: July 2023, May 2026 Eliteserien Player of the Year: 2024