Andrija Anković

Andrija Anković

Andrija Anković (born July 16, 1937 in Gabela near Metković , † April 28, 1980 in Split ) was a Yugoslav football player and coach. The offensive player completed a total of 146 league games at Hajduk Split from 1958 to 1966 and scored 64 goals. In the national team of Yugoslavia he was active in eight games (1 goal) and was part of the winning team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. At 1. FC Kaiserslautern he played a further 21 first division games with four goals in the Bundesliga from 1966 to 1968 .

Career as a player

Anković, who came from the Croatian republic, came to Hajduk Split in 1958 after stints at GOSK Gabela and NK Neretva Metkovic in the 1st league of Yugoslavia. In his second season, 1959/60 , he finished fifth with Hajduk and scored 18 goals in 22 league appearances. He took second place in the list of goalscorers behind Borivoje Kostic from master Red Star Belgrade. He had his squad place for the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In the semifinal match on September 5th against hosts Italy (1-1; drawing of lots for Yugoslavia) with their future stars Tarcisio Burgnich , Giovanni Trapattoni , Giacomo Bulgarelli and Gianni Rivera , he was not used, but on September 10th in the final in Rome against the surprise finalists Denmark. In the 3-1 success, he formed the attacking tips of the team around the defensive players Vladimir Durković , Fahrudin Jusufi and Željko Perušić on right winger with center forward Milan Galić and left winger Bora Kostić .

After the 1965/66 season , he had again scored four goals in 23 league games, he joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga for the 1966/67 season after a total of 146 first division games with 64 goals. In two seasons he was used 21 times, where he scored four times. He made his debut in the Bundesliga on the second day of the 1966/67 season, August 27, 1966, in a 1-1 draw on the Bökelberg against Borussia Mönchengladbach . He was used as a center forward by coach Gyula Lóránt . The "Red Devils" finished fifth and the man from Split scored four goals in 12 league games. The team's internal competitors for the attack spots were Harald Braner , Willy Reitgaßl and Gerhard Kentschke . In his second year on the "Betzenberg" Otto Knefler was the trainer in charge, but on March 5, 1968 he was replaced by Egon Piechaczek . Only just in 16th place could Lautern prevent the relegation. Anković was called up in nine games - Gerd Roggensack and Bernd Windhausen usually stormed in the attack and Heinz-Dieter Hasebrink (34/7) and Helmut Kapitulski (20/10) provided momentum and goals in the offensive - and from midfield hadn't been able to score another hit. At the end of his career, he moved to Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz for another year .

For the Yugoslav national team he played eight times (1 goal). Among other things, he took part in the 1962 World Cup. He stormed in attack in the group game on June 7th in Arica in a 5-0 win against Colombia at the side of Dragoslav Šekularac , Dražan Jerković , Milan Galić and Vojislav Melić . Previously, he had participated in the qualifying game on June 25, 1961 against Poland (1: 1), when the final triangle with Milutin Šoškić , Vladimir Durković and Fahrudin Jusufi formed the stop of the defensive.

literature

• Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Player Lexicon 1963–1994. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2012. ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 . P. 28.
• Dominic Bold: 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The Chronicle. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2013. ISBN 978-3-7307-0046-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karn, Rehberg: Spiellexikon 1963-1994. P. 28

Further life and remembrance

After his career he devoted himself to scouting . On April 28, 1980 he died of a heart attack . Every year, a memorial tournament is held in his hometown of Gabela in his honor.

Web links

• Profile on the website of the Serbian Football Association
• Profile on fussballdaten.de
• Player profile Anković at 1. FC Kaiserslautern