Ivan Turina (3 October 1980 – 2 May 2013) was a Croatian professional

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who played as a

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. He made one appearance for the Croatia national team.

Club career

Turina started his professional career with his youth club

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in 1998. Before settling as a first-team member in 2003, he completed loan spells at Croatia Sesvete, Kamen Ingrad and

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. He was Dinamo Zagreb's first-choice goalkeeper during the 2005–06 season, when the club won their first

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title in two years. He continued to play regularly in the early stages of the following season. However, after Dinamo Zagreb were eliminated from the

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with a 5–2 aggregate defeat to

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in the first round, Turina was replaced in the starting line-up by Filip Lončarić. At the time, he was criticized for letting a long-range shot by

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slip through his hands when the French club took a 1–0 lead in the first leg in Zagreb. Following the signing of German goalkeeper

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in the summer of 2007, Turina decided to join Greek club

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, spending one season with them before leaving for Polish club

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

. Turina made his

debut for Lech Poznań on 31 October 2008 in a 3–1 win at home to

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. He finished the season with a total of 12 appearances in the league and six in the

, where the club were eliminated by

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in the round of 32. He played in the final of the

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, which the club won that season. On 11 September 2009, Turina terminated his contract with Lech Poznań and started training with Dinamo Zagreb later that month. On 27 January 2010, Dinamo Zagreb signed Turina as their new second-choice goalkeeper, behind

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, on a short-term contract until the end of the 2009–10 season. His sole appearance during that spell with the club came on 14 April 2010 in a 2–1 win at

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, where he came on as a substitute for Butina at half-time. Turina went on to join Swedish club AIK, making his debut on 17 July 2010 in a 2–0 win at home to

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. At the time of his death, he was in his fourth season with the club and had made a total of 65 appearances in the

International career

Turina was part of the

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team at the 2006 Carlsberg Cup in

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. On 1 February 2006, he came on as a half-time substitute for Joey Didulica in the team's second match at the tournament, a 4–0 win against the

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. It was his only full international appearance.

Death

On 2 May 2013, Turina died in his sleep in his apartment in

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. His wife did not realize what had happened until the morning. The

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report, released on 10 July 2013, states that Turina's death was caused by

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, a

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. He was survived by one-year-old twin daughters and a pregnant wife. On 13 May 2013, a charity game between AIK and Dinamo Zagreb, Turina's youth team where he also played as a professional until 2007 and in the spring of 2010, was played at

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to honour him. All proceedings from the game went to Turina's family. Each half of the game was 27 minutes long, as 27 was Turina's shirt number at AIK. Former AIK players

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and

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also played in the charity game, which Dinamo Zagreb won 1–0 in front of 8,058 spectators. Turina's family received US$170000 as a result of the charity event. In every game played by the AIK male football squad since Turina's death, the fans spend the 27th minute chanting his name. This tradition has been upheld every single game since Turina's death.

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb *

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: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10 *

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: 2003–04, 2006–07 * Croatian Super Cup:

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Lech Poznań *

: 2008–09

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turina, Ivan 1980 births 2013 deaths Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football goalkeepers Croatian men's footballers 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's international footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Croatia Sesvete players NK Kamen Ingrad players NK Osijek players Xanthi F.C. players Lech Poznań players AIK Fotboll players Croatian Football League players Super League Greece players Ekstraklasa players Allsvenskan players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Burials at Miroševac Cemetery