Ante Žanetić
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | November 18, 1936 | |
| place of birth | Blato , Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |
| date of death | December 18, 2014 | |
| Place of death | Wollongong , Australia | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1946-1953 | NK BŠK Zmaj Blato | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1953-1954 | GOŠK Dubrovnik | |
| 1954-1961 | Hajduk Split | 115 (11) |
| 1961-1964 | Club Bruges | 3 (1) |
| 1964-1966 | Royal Racing White | 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1956 | Croatia | 1 (0) |
| 1959-1960 | Yugoslavia | 15 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Ante Žanetić (born November 18, 1936 in Blato , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , † December 18, 2014 in Australia ) was a Yugoslav football player . With the Yugoslav national team , he won the soccer competition of the Olympic Games in 1960 and was in the final of the European Championship in the same year .
Athletic career
Žanetić first played for GOŠK Dubrovnik in the adult area before moving to HNK Hajduk Split in 1954 . Until 1961 he ran for the club in the Prva Liga ( German : Oberliga). He was promoted to national team in 1959, and when he made his debut on December 20 of that year, the national team drew 1: 1 from the West German national team . In the following year he took part as a regular player with mixed success in two important tournaments: while a 3-1 final victory over Denmark reached the gold medal at the Olympics, the team lost the European Championship final in the Paris Prinzenparkstadion despite a 1-0 lead by Milan Galić after extension against the Soviet Union . As early as 1956 he had reinforced a Croatian national team in a representative game.
In 1961 Žanetić moved to the West and joined Club Bruges . In 1964 he moved on to the second division club Royal Racing White within the country . With the club he rose to the top division at the end of his first season . After another year, he ended his active career in 1966.
Žanetić later emigrated to Australia, where he appeared, among other things, as coach of Sydney Croatia .
Web links
- Ante Žanetić in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Žanetić, Ante |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blato , SFR Yugoslavia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2014 |
| Place of death | Australia |