Zvonko Bego (19 December 1940 – 13 August 2018) was a Yugoslav footballer.[1] He spent most of his career with Croatian side Hajduk Split.
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Full name | Zvonko Bego | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1940-12-19)19 December 1940 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Split, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 August 2018(2018-08-13) (aged 77) | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Krapinske Toplice, Croatia | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1957–1967 | Hajduk Split | 169 | (35) | |||||||||||||
1967 | Bayern Munich | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1967–1968 | FC Twente | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1969–1971 | Austria Salzburg | |||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Junak Sinj | |||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Uskok | |||||||||||||||
Total | 182 | (37) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1961 | Yugoslavia | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bego made his debut for Hajduk in an early 1957 cup match against Lokomotiva and scored 173 goals in 375 games for the club.[2] He moved abroad to play for Bayern Munich, FC Twente, Bayer Leverkusen and Austria Salzburg before returning to Yugoslavia in 1971 and finish his career at Junak Sinj and Uskok Klis.[3]
He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1961 friendly match against Austria and earned a total of 6 caps scoring 2 goals. His final international was a December 1961 friendly against Israel.[4] He was also part of the Yugoslavian side which won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[5]
Yugoslavia football squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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