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| Full name | Tomislav Crnković | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1929-06-17)17 June 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kotor,Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 January 2009(2009-01-17) (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Zagreb,Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| HAŠK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1949 | Metalac Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1961 | Dinamo Zagreb | 439 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | LASK | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Servette | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1960 | Yugoslavia | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | 1. Simmeringer SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tomislav Crnković (17 June 1929 – 17 January 2009) was a Croatian and Yugoslav footballer. He was born inKotor in present-dayMontenegro.
As a defender, he played forHAŠK, Metalac andDinamo Zagreb. Abroad, he later played atLinzer ASK in Austria andServette Geneva in Switzerland.
With his 439 caps at Dinamo, Crnković was part of their Yugoslav First League-winning club in 1954 and 1958 as well as their Yugoslav Cup – winning team in 1951 and 1960. Crnković is regarded to be one of Dinamo's greatest defenders of all time. In 2006, he was also the founder of the Croatian Football Federation.[1][2]
He made his debut forYugoslavia in a June 1952friendly match againstNorway and earned a total of 51 caps, scoring no goals. He was part of the team thatwon silver at the 1952 Olympics,[3] and was also a member of Yugoslavia's1954 and1958 FIFA World Cup squads. His final international was a May1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying match away againstPortugal.[4]
He also coached Austrian sideSimmering.[5]
Crnković was a well-known womanizer, and was married at least five times in his life. After his football career ended, Crnković spent a brief time as a journalist and later the owner of a popular restaurant in Zagreb. He also found himself in financial trouble after being involved in a car accident where he was injured. He insisted to pay money to the other victims of the accident as well which left him nearly bankrupt. Near the end of his life, he was provided for by theCroatian Football Federation.[2]
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