Željko Matuš
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| Date of birth | 9 August 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Donja Stubica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender/Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Orotex Orosavlje | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1965 | Dinamo Zagreb | 190 | (54) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1969 | Young Fellows | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | FC Zürich | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | PR Croatia | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1962 | Yugoslavia | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Željko Matuš (born 9 August 1935 in Donja Stubica) is a former Croatian-Yugoslavian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
Club career[edit]
During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, SC Young Fellows and FC Zürich.
International career[edit]
He earned 13 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and took part in the 1960 European Nations' Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatia national team against Indonesia in 1956, in which he scored a goal.[2][3] His final international was a September 1962 friendly match against West Germany.[4]
After the death of Viktor Ponedelnik in December 2020, Matuš became the last living participant of 1960 European Nations' Cup Final.
References[edit]
- ^ "Željko Matuš". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries".
- ^ "'Gospoština, skromnost, poštovanje, to se negdje u međuvremenu izgubilo'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
External links[edit]
- Željko Matuš at FIFA (archived)
- Željko Matuš at EU-Football.info
- Željko Matuš at FBref.com
- Željko Matuš at National-Football-Teams.com
- Željko Matuš at WorldFootball.net
- Željko Matuš at Olympedia
- Željko Matuš at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
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