 He was signed permanently during the season and was released on 22 April 2010.After Karlsruhe, Drpić had brief spells with AEK Athens in Greece and Volyn Lutsk in Ukraine before returning to Croatia in March 2012, signing for HNK Rijeka.In January 2013, he signed with Brunei DPMM FC as one of their foreign players for the 2013 S.League season.