Stipe Pletikosa

 ( 1979 Births ) 

Stipe Pletikosa (; 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.

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 FC 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.

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Playing career

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Club On 31 August 2010, Pletikosa signed a season-long loan with Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League. In July 2011, he began a trial at Scottish Premier League club Celtic, playing in friendly matches against Cardiff City (away) and against Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers (home). On 6 August 2011, Pletikosa signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rostov. On 20 December 2015, he signed for La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña on a six-month contract to replace the injured Fabricio Agosto Ramírez.

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International On 6 February 2013, Pletikosa played his 100th international match for Croatia, keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 defeat against South Korea.

In the opening match of the 2014 World Cup, played on 12 June against hosts Brazil, a penalty was given against Croatia that resulted in a 11 draw. Pletikosa made contact with Neymar's spot kick, but could not prevent it from going in. Croatia eventually lost 31. On 17 July 2014, following the World Cup, Pletikosa announced his retirement from the national team.

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Personal life Pletikosa is a practising Roman Catholic who was known to wear a T-shirt with a picture of the Virgin Mary under his uniform for good luck when he played.

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Career statistics

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Club

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Hajduk Split	1996–97	Prva HNL	0
	1997–98	Prva HNL	0
	1998–99	Prva HNL	0
	1999–2000	Prva HNL	0
	2000–01	Prva HNL	1
	2001–02	Prva HNL	0
	2002–03	Prva HNL	5
Shakhtar Donetsk	2003–04	Vyshcha Liha	0
	2004–05	Vyshcha Liha	0
	2006–07	Vyshcha Liha	0
Hajduk Split (loan)	2005–06	Prva HNL	0
Spartak Moscow	2007	Russian Premier League	0
	2008	Russian Premier League	0
	2009	Russian Premier League	0
	2010	Russian Premier League	0
Tottenham Hotspur (loan)	2010–11	Premier League	0
FC Rostov	2011–12	Russian Premier League	0
	2012–13	Russian Premier League	0
	2013–14	Russian Premier League	0
	2014–15	Russian Premier League	0
Deportivo La Coruña	2015–16	La Liga	0

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International

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Croatia
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

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