Željko Matuš
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-08-09) 9 August 1935
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

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

International career

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 1960 European Nations' Cup Final.

References

  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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.