Ivan Jazbinšek

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Ivan Jazbinšek
Ivan Jazbinšek.jpg
Jazbinšek in the 1930s
Personal information
Full name Ivan Oskar Jazbinšek
Date of birth (1914-08-09)9 August 1914
Place of birth Zagreb, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 28 June 1996(1996-06-28) (aged 81)
Place of death Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Meteor Zagreb
Policijski Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1935 BSK Beograd
1935–1945 Građanski Zagreb
1945–1947 Metalac Zagreb
1947–1950 Dinamo Zagreb
National team
1938–1941 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 7 (0)
1940–1944 Croatia 18 (0)
Teams managed
1952 NK Zagreb
1953–1955 Dinamo Zagreb
1955–1956 NK Zagreb
1956–1957 Hapoel Tel Aviv
1971 Toronto Croatia
Honours
Association football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ivan Jazbinšek (9 August 1914 – 28 June 1996) was a Croatian footballer of Slovenian origin[1] who played as a defender.[2][3][4]

Club career[]

Jazbinšek started his career with Zagreb sides, ŠK Meteor and ŠK Policijski. After a short stint at BSK Beograd, he moved to top club HŠK Građanski Zagreb in 1935. With Građanski he won the 1937 and 1940 Yugoslav First League season, the 1943 Croatian First League and the 1948 Yugoslav Federal League. He stayed with Građanski until its disbanding by the communist regime in 1945. He later played for Metalac Zagreb and Dinamo Zagreb.

International career[]

Jazbinšek played seven time for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After its demise, he played eighteen matches for Croatia. 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.[5]

Managerial career[]

After his playing career he became a manager at NK Zagreb. He then moved on to become Dinamo's coach and won the Yugoslav Federal League in 1954. In 1971, he was appointed the head coach of Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League, where he led Toronto to a NSL Championship and a Canadian Open Cup.[6][7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014)
  2. ^ Ivan Jazbinšek at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
  3. ^ Ivan Jazbinšek at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ Ivan Jazbinšek at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "Ivan Jazbinšek". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Istaknuti nogometaši i treneri hrvatskog iseljeništva - drugi dio" (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  7. ^ Sopta, Marin. "Gradski vijećnik Toronta: Ova momčad je nešto najbolje što se moglo dogoditi našoj ligi. Svi žele pobijediti Croatiju!" (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  8. ^ Kernaghan, Jim (18 October 1971). "Toronto Croatia overcomes Vancouver". Toronto Daily Star. p. 31.
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