Božo Broketa
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| Date of birth | 24 December 1922 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dubrovnik, Kingdom of SCS | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 July 1985 (aged 62)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| GOŠK Dubrovnik | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1942–1945 | Uskok Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1956 | Hajduk Split | 202 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | GOŠK Dubrovnik | ||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | Limburgia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Ajax | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1948 | Yugoslavia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Božo Broketa (24 December 1922 – 25 July 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a defender.[2][3][4]
Club career[edit]
Broketa spent most of his career with Hajduk Split. He played four league matches for Dutch giants Ajax,[5] when he already was 36 years of age.
A football academy in Dubrovnik is named after him.[6]
International career[edit]
Broketa made his debut for Yugoslavia in a May 1947 friendly match away against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of three caps. His final international was a June 1948 Balkan Cup match against Albania.[7] He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Božo Broketa". Croatian Olympic Committee. 9 May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ Tonči Vlašić (24 December 2022). "Stogodišnjica rođenja legendarnog Boža Brokete, nogometaša splitskih 'Bilih', strijelca čuvenog pogotka 'Zvezdi' za naslov 1950. godine, koji je 'užgao' čitav hajdučki puk!". Dubrovački Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Boris Dežulović (26 October 2020). "Jedan gol u životu". telesport.telegram.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "PRIČA O LEGENDI Dubrovčanin koji je 'Bilima' donio titulu 1950. i potaknuo osnivanje Torcide". Dulist (in Croatian). 26 July 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Profile - AFC-Ajax.info
- ^ Grad Dubrovnik povećao davanja sportu za osam posto
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Božo Broketa". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- "Božo Broketa", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.
External links[edit]
- Božo Broketa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Božo Broketa at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
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