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Gordan Irović (2 July 1934 – 26 May 1995) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper who was a member of the Yugoslavia national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[2] However, he never earned a cap for his country.

Club career

With Dinamo Zagreb, Irović won the 1958 Yugoslav league title and three domestic cups in the 1960s. After a few years in Germany,[3] he joined Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck in 1966, only to lose his place between the posts to Leo Tschenett.[4]

Managerial career

Irović was the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League in 1972.[5]

Personal life

Death

Nicknamed Kamikaze, due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995 [6]

References

  1. ^ Album Naši nogometaši 1961
  2. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ Profile - Kicker
  4. ^ Profile - Tivoli12 (in German)
  5. ^ Waring, Ed (May 1, 1972). "Blaskovic broke ice then leg in '72 soccer season opener". The Globe and Mail. p. S4.
  6. ^ Biografija (bio) Archived 2019-09-10 at the Wayback Machine - GNK Dinamo (in Croatian)
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