Željko Matuš
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| Date of birth | 9 August 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Donja Stubica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender/Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stubica | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Zagorec Krapina | |||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Orotex Orosavlje | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1965 | NK Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1969 | Young Fellows | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | FC Zürich | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | PR Croatia | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1962 | Yugoslavia | 13 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, SC Young Fellows and FC Zürich. 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 Croatian national team against Indonesia in 1956, in which he scored a goal.[2][3] After the death of Viktor Ponedelnik in December 2020, Matuš became the last living participant of 1960 European Nations' Cup Final.
References[]
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Profile at Reprezentacija.rs
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