Ante Vulić

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Ante Vulić
Personal information
Full name Ante Vulić
Date of birth (1928-08-16)16 August 1928
Place of birth Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 7 August 1993(1993-08-07) (aged 64)
Place of death Split, Croatia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1962 Hajduk Split 116 (14)
Total 116 (14)
International career
1956 PR Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ante Vulić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎːnte ʋǔːlitɕ]; 16 August 1928 – 7 August 1993) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He spent the entirety of his 11-year career with Hajduk Split, winning two

Dinamo Zagreb) claimed that he has never seen a better penalty taker than Ante Vulić.[3]

International career

Vulić was capped in the only international game the

5–2 win against Indonesia in Zagreb, on 12 September 1956.[7]

Personal facts

Vulić's son, Zoran, also became a long-time player for Hajduk Split, the team's captain and later football manager, coaching Hajduk several times. Zoran also played internationally for Yugoslavia and Croatia[8] and they are the only father and son who played for Croatia before its independence from Yugoslavia was established.[9]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (5 August 2008). "Meet Yugoslavia's ballerina Beara, once the best keeper in the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ Buturugeanu, Alex (1 October 2010). "Trădătorii (III): Vladimir Beara". Istoria Fotbalului. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b Bibić, Milorad (21 August 2000). "NEKADA I SADA: VLADIMIR BEARA, JEDAN OD NAJBOLJIH SVJETSKIH NOGOMETNIH VRATARA; U SPLITU VLAJ, U SVIJETU - VELIKI VLADIMIR!". Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ Statistika na službenim stranicama HNK Hajduka
  5. ^ Zanimljivi podaci Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Carter, Jon (2 August 2012). "Magical Magyars dominate Olympics". ESPN.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  9. ^ Kapetan kojemu je Hajduk oduzeo traku jer se u Beogradu prekrižio - Vecernji (in Croatian)