Dragutin Vrđuka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 April 1895 | ||
| Place of birth |
Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 23 January 1948 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death |
FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) |
Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1918-1924 |
Građanski Zagreb | 52 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1920–1924 | Kingdom of SCS | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dragutin Vrđuka (3 April 1895 – 23 January 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper. He was the first goalkeeper of the Yugoslavia national football team.
He played 15 games for the city squad of
Građanski Zagreb
. He died on 23 January 1948 from tuberculosis.
International career
Vrđuka made his debut for Yugoslavia in an August 1920 Olympic Games match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He played at both the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] His final international was in May 1924 at that latter tournament against Uruguay. Remarkably, he both lost his first and last international game 7-0.[2]
References
- ^ "Dragutin Vrđuka". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
External links
- Dragutin Vrđuka at EU-Football.info
- Dragutin Vrđuka at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dragutin Vrđuka at Olympedia
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