Zdenko Vukasović
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 September 1941 | ||
Place of birth | Split, Italian Empire | ||
Date of death | 27 May 2021 | (aged 79)||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1963 | RNK Split | ||
1963–1965 | Hajduk Split | ||
1966–1967 | La Gantoise | 28 | (0) |
1967–1969 | Anderlecht | 8 | (0) |
1969–1972 | Cercle Brugge | 84 | (1) |
1972–1975 | Lokeren | 54 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2023 |
Zdenko Vukasović (19 September 1941 – 27 May 2021) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
[edit]Born in Split, Vukasović played for RNK Split, Hajduk Split, La Gantoise, Anderlecht, Cercle Brugge and Lokeren.[1]
Vukasović played in 50 matches for Hajduk and, as it was not allowed to leave Yugoslavia before the age of 28, he was helped by a masseur to move abroad to Belgium, aged 24.[2]
He played 28 matches for La Gantoise, where he succeeded club legend Mance Seghers but was relegated to the second tier.[3] He then had two seasons at Belgian's second level and one back in the top tier with Cercle Brugge.[4]
Death
[edit]Vukasović died on 27 May 2021, at the age of 79.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zdenko Vukasović". worldfootball.net.
- ^ PREMINUO JE BIVŠI VRATAR HAJDUKA ZDENKO VUKASOVIĆ - Hajduk (in Croatian)
- ^ IN MEMORIAM: ZDENKO VUKASOVIĆ - KAA Gent (in Dutch)
- ^ Profile - Cercle Museum
- ^ KW, Redactie (6 June 2021). "Legendarische Cercledoelman Zdenko Vukasovic overleden". KW.be.
External links
[edit]- Zdenko Vukasović at WorldFootball.net
- Zdenko Vukasović at kicker (in German)
Categories:
- 1941 births
- 2021 deaths
- Footballers from Split, Croatia
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- RNK Split players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- K.A.A. Gent players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Burials at Lovrinac Cemetery
- Croatian football biography stubs