Quick Facts
Biography
Dino Špehar (born 8 February 1994) is a Croatian football forward, currently playing for iClinic Sereď. His father is Robert Špehar, former Croatian international footballer and the ex-chairman of NK Osijek.
Club career
NK Osijek
Špehar started his career playing at youth level for his hometown club Osijek. Before he signed a professional three-year contract with Osijek in October 2010, Špehar scored over 300 goals in his appearances for Osijek's youth categories. He made his debut for the first team in a cup game against Šibenik on 27 October 2010, when he replaced Vedran Nikšić for the final ten minutes of the match. On his first appearance for Osijek in Prva HNL, he scored his first league goal, a late equalizer against Slaven Belupo. In the second leg of Croatian Cup quarter-finals against Dinamo Zagreb, Špehar scored the opening goal but Osijek lost 3–1 and was eliminated with an aggregate score 5–1.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb
On 25 August 2011, it was announced that Špehar signed a seven-year contract with Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb.
RNK Split
In June 2015, Špehar terminated his contract with Dinamo Zagreb and signed a three-year contract with RNK Split.
International career
Špehar was a part of the Croatian national Under-17 team in the qualifications for the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship and scored four goals in six games. Although Croatia ended qualifications undefeated, in the elite round they finished runners-up in the group behind hosts Netherlands and failed to qualify.
Honours
- Dunărea Călărași
- Liga II: 2017–18
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Osijek | 2010–11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 18 | 2 | |
| 2011–12 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | |||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lokomotiva (loan) | 2013–14 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Istra 1961 (loan) | 2014–15 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 36 | 3 | |
| RNK Split | 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6 | |