Andrija Anković
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Andrija Anković | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 July 1937 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gabela, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 April 1980 | (aged 42)|||||||||||||||
Place of death |
Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder/Forward | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
–1954 | GOŠK Gabela | |||||||||||||||
1954–1958 | NK Neretva Metković | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1958–1966 | Hajduk Split[1] | 146 | (64) | |||||||||||||
1966–1968 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern[2] | 21 | (4) | |||||||||||||
1968–1969 | SW Bregenz[2] | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1960–1962 | Yugoslavia | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1969–1970 | NK Omiš | |||||||||||||||
1971–1978 | Hajduk Split (football school) | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Andrija Anković (16 July 1937, Gabela, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 28 April 1980, Split, SFR Yugoslavia) was a Croatian footballer and manager.
Anković started his career with GOŠK Gabela before moving to NK Neretva Metković. He later played for top Croatian side Hajduk Split in the Yugoslavian First League. He played 326 matches and scored 250 goals for Hajduk, becoming one of the club's legends. Finally, he played for German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In 1960, Anković was a member of the Yugoslavian team which won gold at the Rome Olympics.[3]
Death[]
He died on 28 April 1980, of a heart attack, aged 42. The Andrija Anković Memorial Tournament in Gabela is named after Anković.
References[]
- ^ "Anković Andrija". reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Andrija Ankovic" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ "Andrija Anković". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Čapljina
- Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yugoslav footballers
- Croatian footballers
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in West Germany
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Olympic medalists in football
- NK Neretva players
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Association football forwards