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Marijan Jantoljak (born 7 February 1940) is a former Croatian football player.

Playing career

Club

Born in Zagreb, he started playing in a local club NK Ponikve.[1] In his early career he also played with FK Radnički Nova Pazova from where, in summer 1958, he joined FK Jedinstvo Zemun.[2][3] In the season 1959–60 he joined Rijeka and stayed in the club until 1972. That year he moved to FK Borac Banja Luka and played another 5 seasons there. By the end of his career he played with Yugoslav Second League sides Metalac Sisak and HNK Segesta.[1]

As a player, he was the most capped goalkeeper of all time for HNK Rijeka. He also scored 15 goals during his time in Rijeka as he was a regular penalty kick taker. During the 1969–70 season, he did not concede a goal for 917 minutes, a record for any Rijeka goalkeeper.

International

Jantoljak made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1966 friendly match away against Israel, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Ilija Pantelić, and earned a total of 2 caps scoring no goals. His second and final international was a November 1966 friendly away against Bulgaria.[4][5]

Managerial career

After retiring green at the age of 39, Jantoljak became a coach. Among other clubs, he has managed HNK Rijeka during the 1991–92 and 1995 seasons.

References

  1. ^ a b Marijan Jantoljak Archived 2014-08-27 at the Wayback Machine at Reprezentacija.rs
  2. ^ Pola vka fudbalskog kluba Zemun pag. 31-35
  3. ^ Fudbal u Zemunu Archived 10 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine at zemunskenovine.rs, by Branko Najhold, retrieved 24-1-2017 (in Serbian)
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 342–4.

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