Ivan Jazbinšek (9 August 1914 – 28 June 1996) was a Croatian footballer of Slovenian origin[1] who played as a defender.[2][3]
 Jazbinšek in the 1930s | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ivan Oskar Jazbinšek | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 August 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 June 1996 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Meteor Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||
| Policijski Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1934–1935 | BSK Beograd | ||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1945 | Građanski Zagreb | 144 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1945–1947 | Metalac Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1950 | Dinamo Zagreb | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1938–1941 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1940 | Banovina of Croatia | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1941–1943 | Independent State of Croatia | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | NK Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1955 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | NK Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1957 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 1957-1960 | FK Vardar | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Toronto Croatia | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editJazbinšek started his career with Zagreb sides, ŠK Meteor and ŠK Policijski. After a short stint at BSK Beograd, he moved to top club HŠK Građanski Zagreb in 1935. With Građanski he won the 1937 and 1940 Yugoslav First League season, the 1943 Croatian First League and the 1948 Yugoslav Federal League. He stayed with Građanski until its disbanding by the communist regime in 1945. He later played for Metalac Zagreb and Dinamo Zagreb.
International career
editJazbinšek played seven times for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, making his debut for them in an April 1938 World Cup qualification match against Poland. After its demise, he played eighteen matches for the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany. He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[4]
His final international was an April 1944 friendly match against Slovakia.[5]
Managerial career
editAfter his playing career he became a manager at NK Zagreb. He then moved on to become Dinamo's coach and won the Yugoslav Federal League in 1954. In 1971, he was appointed the head coach of Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League, where he led Toronto to a NSL Championship and a Canadian Open Cup.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014)
- ^ Ivan Jazbinšek at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- ^ Ivan Jazbinšek at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Ivan Jazbinšek". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Istaknuti nogometaši i treneri hrvatskog iseljeništva - drugi dio" (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Sopta, Marin. "Gradski vijećnik Toronta: Ova momčad je nešto najbolje što se moglo dogoditi našoj ligi. Svi žele pobijediti Croatiju!" (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Kernaghan, Jim (18 October 1971). "Toronto Croatia overcomes Vancouver". Toronto Daily Star. p. 31.
External links
edit- Ivan Jazbinšek at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ivan Jazbinšek at EU-Football.info
- Ivan Jazbinšek at Olympedia
