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| Full name | Ante Žanetić Zalante | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Blato, Korčula, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 December 2014 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Wollongong, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1953 | BŠK Zmaj Blato | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1954 | GOŠK Dubrovnik | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1961 | Hajduk Split | 114 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1964 | Club Brugge K.V. | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Racing White | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | PR Croatia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Yugoslavia | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ante Žanetić (18 November 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
During his club career he played for NK Hajduk Split, Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.
Žanetić later decided to leave Yugoslavia in order to play football in west Europe.[1] He abandoned the Hajduk Split squad while the team was in Germany in 1961 and moved to Belgium where he played for Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.[2] He subsequently emigrated to Australia. He died there in 2014.[3]
International career
He earned 15 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup and on the Yugoslavian team that won the 1960 Olympics.[4] He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatia national team against Indonesia. His final international was a September 1960 Olympic Games match against Denmark.[5]
References
- ^ "Ante Žanetić", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.
- ^ "Ante Žanetić: I write this for all football lovers, but especially for Hajduk's young Torcida". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ "Umro Ante Žanetić - Jutarnji.hr". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Ante Žanetić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
External links
- Ante Žanetić at FIFA (archived)
- Ante Žanetić at FootballDatabase.eu
- Ante Žanetić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ante Žanetić at Olympedia
- For infobox club stats: "Žanetić Ante". reprezentacija.rs. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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