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Janko Rodin (17 February 1900 – 14 September 1974) was a Croatian footballer and later president of HNK Hajduk Split.[3]

Janko Rodin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1900-02-17)17 February 1900
Place of birth	Kaštel Lukšić, Austro-Hungary
Date of death	14 September 1974(1974-09-14) (aged 74)[1]
Place of death	Kaštel Lukšić, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender or midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1922	Hajduk Split
1922–1923[2]	Slavia Prague
1923–1925	Hajduk Split
1925–1927	BSK Belgrade
1928–1931	Hajduk Split
National team
1924–1926	Yugoslavia	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Kaštel Lukšić,[4] Austro-Hungary (nowadays Croatia), he played either as full-back or winger. He started his career in Hajduk Split immediately after the end of the First World War and will spend most of his playing career at Hajduk. The exception was a period of time that he worked as a customs officer in Belgrade and during that time he played with BSK Belgrade.[4] He also played one season in Czechoslovakia with Slavia Prague.[4] He finished his career in 1931.[4]

After retiring, he became the president of Hajduk Split in 1939. He headed the Hajduk delegation that, on 23 April 1944, got on board of Yugoslav Partisans armed boat "Topčider" and escaped Axis-occupied Split towards the free island of Vis. He was Hajduk president until 1945.[4] He died in Kaštel Lukšić on 14 September 1974.[4]

National team

Rodin was part of the Yugoslav football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[5][6] He played 4 matches for the Yugoslav national team, 3 as member of Hajduk during 1924 and one as member of BSK in 1926.[7]

Honours

Hajduk Split

• Yugoslav championship: 1929

References

Preceded by Petar Machiedo	President of Hajduk Split June 1939 – August 1941 May 1944 – October 1945	Succeeded by Humbert Fabris

На других языках

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- [en] Janko Rodin

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[it] Janko Rodin

Janko Rodin (Castel Vitturi, 17 febbraio 1900 – Castel Vitturi, 13 settembre 1974) è stato un calciatore jugoslavo, di ruolo difensore.

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[ru] Родин, Янко

Я́нко Ро́дин (хорв. Janko Rodin; 9 сентября 1900, Каштел Лукшич, Каштела, Королевство Далмация, Австро-Венгрия — 15 сентября 1974, Сплит, СФРЮ) — югославский хорватский футболист, защитник и полузащитник. Участник Олимпиады 1924 года.

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