Željko Matuš

Željko Matuš
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-08-09) 9 August 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth Donja Stubica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender/Forward
Youth career
Stubica
Zagorec Krapina
Orotex Orosavlje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1965 Dinamo Zagreb 190 (54)
1965–1969 Young Fellows
1970 FC Zürich 10 (0)
International career
1956 PR Croatia 1 (1)
1960–1962 Yugoslavia 13 (5)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Željko Matuš (born 9 August 1935 in Donja Stubica) is a former Croatian-Yugoslavian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]

Club career

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During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, SC Young Fellows and FC Zürich.

International career

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He earned 13 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and took part in the 1960 European Nations' Cup and the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatia national team against Indonesia in 1956, in which he scored a goal.[2][3] His final international was a September 1962 friendly match against West Germany.[4]

After the death of Viktor Ponedelnik in December 2020, Matuš became the last living participant of the 1960 European Nations' Cup Final.

References

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  1. ^ "Željko Matuš". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries".
  3. ^ "'Gospoština, skromnost, poštovanje, to se negdje u međuvremenu izgubilo'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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