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]
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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 | 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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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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