Božo Bakota
| Božo Bakota | ||
 Božo Bakota (1978)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | October 1, 1950 | |
| place of birth | Zagreb , Yugoslavia | |
| date of death | October 1, 2015 | |
| Place of death | Graz , Austria | |
| position | midfield | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1970-1971 | NK Mladost Buzin | |
| 1971-1980 | NK Zagreb | 195 (53) |
| 1980-1986 | SK Sturm Graz | 167 (86) |
| 1986-1987 | SC Fürstenfeld | |
| 1987-1987 | SV All Saints' Day | |
| 1987-1988 | SV Wildon | |
| 1988-1990 | Toronto Croatia | |
| 1990 | SV Wildon | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1978 | Yugoslavia | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Božo Bakota (born October 1, 1950 in Zagreb , Yugoslavia (now Croatia ), † October 1, 2015 in Graz ) was a Yugoslav national soccer player .
Career
Božo Bakota began his career at NK Zagreb , with whom he had to accept relegation from the 1st league of Yugoslavia in 1974, but made it back up in 1976. A total of three more seasons he played in midfield for Zagreb in the first division; in his best season in 1978 he also scored 10 goals. In the same year Božo Bakota came on November 15 to his only international match for Yugoslavia in a 4-1 victory over Greece . A year after the relegation of NK Zagreb, he followed his former coach Otto Barić to Austria to SK Sturm Graz .
At Sturm, Božo Bakota was Austrian runner-up in his first season in 1980/81 and won the Austrian top scorer's crown in 1981/82 with 24 goals this season . He complemented himself perfectly with Gernot Jurtin in the storm and was particularly known as a sure penalty taker . His greatest international success was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1983/84 UEFA Cup . Sturm lost 1-0 away to Nottingham Forest , equalized this result thanks to a Bakota goal in the second leg and was only eliminated after the 1-1 draw in extra time. Until 1986 Božo Bakota wore the storm dress and scored a total of 86 Bundesliga goals for the club.
Bakota died on his 65th birthday in Graz.
successes
- 1 × UEFA Cup quarter-finals: 1985
- 1 × Austrian top scorer : 1982
- 1 × Austrian runner-up : 1981
- 1 game for the Yugoslav national football team in 1978
Web links
- Božo Bakota in the database of weltfussball.de
- Božo Bakota in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bakota, Božo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb , Yugoslavia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 2015 |
| Place of death | Graz |