Ante Žanetić (18 November 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Croatian professional footballer.
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Full name | Ante Žanetić Zalante | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1936-11-18)18 November 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Blato, Korčula, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 December 2014(2014-12-18) (aged 78) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Wollongong, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1946–1953 | NK 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) | |||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 | PR Croatia | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
1959–1960 | Yugoslavia | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
During his club career he played for NK Hajduk Split, Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White. 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.[1] He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatian national team against Indonesia.
Žanetić later decided to leave Yugoslavia in order to play football in west Europe.[2] 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.[3] He subsequently emigrated to Australia. He died there in 2014.[4]
1960 World Soccer World XI | |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1960 European Nations' Cup runners-up | ||
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Yugoslavia football squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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