Tomislav Piplica

Football player infobox
playername = Tomislav Piplica


height = height|m=1.82
fullname = Tomislav Piplica
nicknames =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|04|5
cityofbirth = Bugojno
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
currentclub = FC Energie Cottbus
clubnumber = 23
youthclub = NK Iskra
position = Goalkeeper
years = 1992-1993
1993-1997
1997-1998
1998-
clubs = NK Istra
HNK Segesta
NK Samobor
FC Energie Cottbus
caps(goals) = 015 (0)
115 (4)
014 (0)
248 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Bosnia and Herzegovina
nationalcaps(goals) = 09 (0)
pcupdate = 17 May 2008
ntupdate = 8 September 2007

Tomislav "Pippi" Piplica (born April 5, 1969) is a goalkeeper from Bosnia and Herzegovina currently playing for FC Energie Cottbus in Germany. He is a Bosnian Croat and holds dual Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatian citizenship. As a teenager Piplica was part of the Yugoslavian squad that won the 1987 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. However, as a substitute goalkeeper in all six matches he failed to see playing time on the field.

He is famous for well known goalkeeping blunders. [cite web | title = Tomislav Piplica has a Habit of Making Goalkeeper Blunders | accessdate = 2007-09-10 | url = http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/bundesliga/tomislav-piplica-has-a-habit-of-making-goalkeeper-blunders.html] He is especially well remembered for his 'own goal' again Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002, in which he appeared to head the ball into his own net, after standing rooted to his line. [cite web | url = http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,190696,00.html | title = "Unheimlicher Bock" von Piplica | language = German | accessdate = 2007-11-20 | date = 2002-04-07 | publisher = spiegel.de] [cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lywE6s9mY-Q | title = Piplica-Eigentor | language = German | accessdate = 2007-11-20 | date = 2006-07-17] In this particular game FC Cottbus was leading 3-2, but with four minutes to go, Piplica's howler leveled the game at 3-3, and it finished that way. [cite web | title = Shrimper Zone - Tomislav Piplica | accessdate = 2007-09-10 | url =http://www.shrimperzone.com/vb/showthread.php?p=458615]

Piplica has also played internationally for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and for HNK Segesta.

References

External links

* [http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/tomislav-piplica.html Football career]
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/piplicatomislav/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de]