Svemir Delić (14 September 1929 – 3 January 2017), nicknamed Cico,[1] was a Croatian footballer who played as a defender and made one appearance for the Croatia national team.[2][3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Svemir Delić | ||
Date of birth | (1929-09-14)14 September 1929 | ||
Place of birth |
Sinj, Split Oblast [hr], Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||
Date of death | 3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 87) | ||
Place of death | Split, Croatia | ||
Position(s) | Right-back, centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Junak Sinj | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
0000–1949 | Junak Sinj | ||
1949–1952 | Dinamo Zagreb | 40 | (0) |
1952–1954 | Hajduk Split | 13 | (0) |
1955–1959 | NK Zagreb | ||
National team | |||
1951 | Yugoslavia B | 1 | (0) |
1956 | PR Croatia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Delić earned his first and only cap for Croatia in the team's 1956 friendly match against Indonesia. The fixture, which was played on 12 September in Zagreb, finished as a 5–2 win for Croatia.[4]
Delić's brother Mladen was a prominent Croatian sports commentator.[5] Svemir was married to Mirjana for over 60 years,[1] and died on 3 January 2017 in Split at the age of 87.[6]
PR Croatia[4] | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1956 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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