Franjo Rupnik
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franjo Rupnik | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, Kingdom of SCS | ||
| Date of death | 25 April 2000 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Osijek, Croatia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1943 | Hajduk Osijek | ||
| 1943 | Concordia Zagreb | ||
| 1944 | Zagorac Varaždin | ||
| 1945–1947 | Partizan Belgrade | 17 | (12) |
| 1947–1951 | Proleter Osijek | ||
| International career | |||
| 1946–1950 | Yugoslavia | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Franjo Rupnik (5 May 1921 – 25 April 2000) was a Croatian football player.
Club career
[edit]Born in Osijek, he started playing in Hajduk Osijek,[1] before moving to Zagreb's HŠK Concordia where he played until the beginning of World War II. He had a spell at NK Zagorac Varaždin.[2] In 1945 he moved to Belgrade's FK Partizan where he stayed until 1947 and won the Yugoslav championship. Then in 1947, he returned to Osijek to play in Proleter until 1951, one of the predecessors of today's NK Osijek. After retiring, he became a youth coach at NK Osijek.[2]
International career
[edit]He played a total of six matches for the Yugoslavia national football team.[3] His debut was in 1946 in Belgrade against Czechoslovakia (a 4–2 win), and his last match was in 1950, also in Belgrade, against Norway (a 4–0 win) scoring in that match his only goal for the national team.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Partizan
References
[edit]- ^ Fudbal u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji, by Milorad Sijić, pag. 167
- ^ a b Franjo Rupnik Archived 14 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine at Reprezentacija.rs
- ^ Franjo Rupnik at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Franjo Rupnik at WorldFootball.net
- Franjo Rupnik at National-Football-Teams.com
- Franjo Rupnik at EU-Football.info
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- 1921 births
- 2000 deaths
- Footballers from Osijek
- Men's association football midfielders
- Croatian men's footballers
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- HŠK Concordia players
- FK Partizan players
- NK Osijek players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Burials at Saint Anne Cemetery
- Croatian football midfielder stubs
- Yugoslav football biography stubs