Florijan Matekalo (Croatian pronunciation: [flǒrijaːn matěːkalo];[1][2] 25 April 1920 – 20 May 1995) was a footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florijan Matekalo | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Jajce, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 1995 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1933–1936 | Elektrobosna Jajce | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1939 | Slavija Sarajevo | ||
| 1939–1945 | Građanski Zagreb | 51 | (21) |
| 1946–1947 | Partizan | 8 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1940 | Banovina of Croatia | 4 | (1) |
| 1940 | Yugoslavia | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1957 | Partizan | ||
| 1962 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 1964 | Partizan | ||
| 1979 | Partizan | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He scored the first goal in the history of the Croatia national team[4] and the first goal ever for FK Partizan.[5]
International career
editMatekalo debuted for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's national team (Beli Orlovi) in a November 1940 friendly match against Nazi Germany and concurrently played all four matches for the Banovina of Croatia's national team, which represented the Croatian statelet within the kingdom.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Flòrijān". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
Flòrijān
- ^ "Máte". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
Matékalo
- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Jutarnji article". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ Mozzart article
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
External links
edit- Florijan Matekalo at WorldFootball.net
- Florijan Matekalo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Florijan Matekalo at EU-Football.info
- Florijan Matekalo at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
