Stipe Pletikosa

I have a soft spot for goalkeepers, and Stipe Pletikosa embodies why. At 193 cm out of Split, he spent years as Croatia's last line of defense, doing the most thankless job in football, where a single error outweighs a hundred saves. What interests me more is the second act: returning to the Croatian Football Federation as technical director, shaping the national and under-21 setups. There's a quiet integrity in moving from guarding the goal to guarding the pipeline of talent behind it. He never needed flashy headlines to matter, and that understated, institution-building career is exactly the kind I find admirable.

Name (English)

Stipe Pletikosa

Name (Japanese)

スティペ・プレティコサ

Reading

すてぃぺ・ぷれてぃこさ

Born

January 8, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

Origin

Split, Croatia

Height

193 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B5

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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