| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1934-01-17)17 January 1934 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb,Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 February 2013(2013-02-03) (aged 79) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Split,Croatia | |||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1952–1955 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 57 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | Hajduk Split | 177 | (55) | |||||||||||
| 1964–1968 | Freiburger FC | 130 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Rijeka | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Junak Sinj | |||||||||||||
| Total | 368 | (85) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1956 | Yugoslavia | 6 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Zlatko Papec (17 January 1934 – 3 February 2013) was aCroatian footballer.[1]
He began his career playing as a left winger at Zagreb'sLokomotiva, at the time when the club was a regular member of theYugoslav First League, and was part of the greatest attacking lineup in the history of the club, alongside Josip Odžak,Vladimir Čonč,Vladimir Firm and Drago Hmelina. Papec appeared in 57 league matches for Lokomotiva in the period from 1952 to 1955, when he wasconscripted and then served the compulsory military service in theYugoslav Navy.
After leaving the navy he joinedHajduk Split in 1956 and stayed with the club until 1964. In this period he appeared in a total of 366 matches and scored 167 goals (including 177 appearances and 55 goals in the First League). In 1964 he moved abroad and joined second level West German sideFreiburger FC, where he established himself as a first team regular immediately upon arrival and appeared in 130 matches in his four seasons with club. In 1968, he returned to Yugoslavia and briefly joinedNK Rijeka. He had effectively retired in the late 1960s, although he later returned to the pitch and had a brief stint with second-level sideNK Junak Sinj in the 1971–1972 season.
Papec was capped forYugoslavia six times between 1953 and 1956. He made his debut on 14 May 1953 in a friendly againstBelgium played atHeysel Stadium[2] and his last international game was a friendly againstIndonesia held on 23 December 1956 in Jakarta.[3] He was also a member of the Yugoslav squad which reached the quarter-finals at the1954 World Cup[4] and was part of the Yugoslav team which won silver medal at the1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[5]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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| 1. | 28 November 1956 | Olympic Park Stadium,Melbourne,Australia |  United States | 9–1 | Win | 1956 Summer Olympics | |||||
| 2. | 4 December 1956 | Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne,Australia |  India | 4–1 | Win | 1956 Summer Olympics | |||||
| 3. | 4 December 1956 | Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne,Australia | India | 4–1 | Win | 1956 Summer Olympics | |||||
| 4. | 23 December 1956 | Gelora Senayan Main Stadium,Jakarta,Indonesia |  Indonesia | 1–5 | Win | Friendly | |||||
| Correct as of 27 February 2016[6] | |||||||||||
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