page_title: Tomislav Butina
section_title: Club Brugge
hierarchical_section_title: Tomislav Butina / Club career / Club Brugge
caption_attribution_description: Hrvatski: Tomislav Butina
context_page_description: Tomislav Butina is a Croatian former footballer who played as goalkeeper for Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national team in the period from 2001 to 2006, and was member of Croatian squads at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, 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 Karlovac, Samobor and 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 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 season.
context_section_description: 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 just 22 goals in 31 league matches as Club Brugge claimed the 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 First Division and featured in five 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage matches. Butina played his last match for Club Brugge on 15 February 2006 against Roma in a 2–1 defeat at Jan Breydel Stadium in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
caption: Tomislav Butina in 2008.
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