Dražan Jerković
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Date of birth | 6 August 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Šibenik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 December 2008 | (aged 72)|||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1954–1965 | Dinamo Zagreb | 142 | (96) | |||||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | AA La Gantoise | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 145 | (97) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1956 | PR Croatia | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
1960–1964 | Yugoslavia | 21 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||
1973–1974 |
Austria Klagenfurt | |||||||||||||||||||
1974–1975 |
Villacher SV | |||||||||||||||||||
1975–1976 | Dinamo Vinkovci | |||||||||||||||||||
1976–1982 | NK Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dražan Jerković (Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒan jěːrkoʋitɕ];[1] 6 August 1936 – 9 December 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional football manager and player. A forward, his professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb and AA La Gantoise.
His first name is sometimes (incorrectly) spelled "Dražen". He was born in Šibenik, at the time in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Club career
Jerković played for Dinamo Zagreb (1954–65). Severe injuries forced him to retire early, at the height of his career. With Dinamo he won the league title in 1958, and league cup in 1960 and 1965. In 315 games for Dinamo, he scored 300 goals.[2]
International career
Jerković played internationally for
In UEFA Euro 1960, he scored two goals against
In the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Jerković scored four goals and was, with five other players, the top goalscorer, winning the
Jerković played in a single international match with Croatia, as the
Managerial career
Dražan Jerković was also the first manager of the Croatia national team since independence, between 1990 and 1992. He died on 6 December 2008 in Zagreb.[4]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | ||
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Division | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Zagreb
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1954–55 | Yugoslav First League | 1 | 0 |
1955–56 | 12 | 9 | ||
1956–57 | 15 | 9 | ||
1957–58 | 22 | 17 | ||
1958–59 | 14 | 7 | ||
1959–60 | 16 | 16 | ||
1960–61 | 8 | 5 | ||
1961–62 | 19 | 16 | ||
1962–63 | 14 | 12 | ||
1963–64 | 4 | 0 | ||
1964–65 | 17 | 5 | ||
Total | 142 | 96 | ||
La Gantoise
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1965–66 | Belgian First Division
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3 | 1 |
Career total | 145 | 97 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Croatia | 1956 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | |
Yugoslavia | 1960 | 3 | 2 |
1961 | 5 | 3 | |
1962 | 11 | 5 | |
1963 | 0 | 0 | |
1964 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 21 | 11 |
References
- ^ "Jerònim". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
Jérković
- ^ "Najbolji strijelci". www.nk-dinamo.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 15 March 2011.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Umro Dražan Jerković, ponajbolji hrvatski nogometaš svih vremena". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ Dražan Jerković at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dražan Jerković at Reprezentacija.rs(in Serbian)
- Nogometni leksikon (2004, in Croatian)