Dragutin Vrđuka (3 April 1895 – 23 January 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper. He was the first goalkeeper of the Yugoslavia national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 April 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 23 January 1948 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1918-1924 | Građanski Zagreb | 52 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1920–1924 | Kingdom of SCS | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played 15 games for the city squad of Zagreb, and seven games for the national team. On the club level he played for Građanski Zagreb. He died on 23 January 1948 from tuberculosis.
International career
editVrđuka made his debut for Yugoslavia in an August 1920 Olympic Games match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He played at both the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] His final international was in May 1924 at that latter tournament against Uruguay. Remarkably, he both lost his first and last international game 7-0.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Dragutin Vrđuka". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
External links
edit- Dragutin Vrđuka at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dragutin Vrđuka at EU-Football.info
- Dragutin Vrđuka at Olympedia
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