Slavin Cindrić

Slavin Cindrić
	Slavin Cindrić in 1928
Personal information
Date of birth	10 August 1901
Place of birth	Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary,; Austria-Hungary
Date of death	29 April 1942 (aged 40)
Place of death	Zagreb,; Independent State of Croatia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1916–1922	Concordia
1922–1926	Građanski Zagreb
1926–1930	HAŠK
International career
1920–1928	Kingdom of SCS
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Slavin Cindrić (10 August 1901 – 29 April 1942) was a Yugoslav footballer. He was born in Timișoara.

Club career

Cindrić was one of the few players who had spells with all three Zagreb-based clubs which were prominent in the interwar period - Concordia, Građanski and HAŠK. With Građanski he won three Yugoslav championships, in 1923, 1926 and 1928, and appeared in the 1928 Mitropa Cup quarter-finals.

International career

He is mainly known for being the first player to score a hat-trick for Yugoslavia in a friendly game against Bulgaria held on 30 May 1926. After being 1–0 down at half-time, Cindrić came on as a substitute for Stevan Luburić and scored three goals in the 75th, 83rd and 87th minute at what is today Stadion Maksimir.^[2] This proved to be his only goals in his international career which saw him earn five caps for Yugoslavia,^[3] including his debut in Yugoslavia's first ever international game, a 7–0 defeat versus Czechoslovakia on 28 August 1920^[4] (he was one of four Croats who appeared in the game, alongside Dragutin Vrđuka, Rudolf Rupec and Artur Dubravčić).

Cindrić was called up to represent the country for the 1920 (other Croats in the roster were Dragutin Vrđuka, Rudolf Rupec, Artur Dubravčić, Vjekoslav Župančić, Jaroslav Schiffer, Dragutin Vragović, Emil Perška and Josip Šolc), 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics,^[5]^[6] and he also played 13 games for Zagreb XI in the period between 1920 and 1928. His last international match was on 29 May 1928 against Portugal at the 1928 Olympic tournament in Amsterdam,^[7] and he retired from active football in 1930, at the age of 29.

Personal life

He died of pneumonia in April 1942 in Zagreb.

References

^ "Slavin Cindrić". Croatian Olympic Committee. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Statistika utakmica reprezentacije" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 8 February 2010.^{[dead link]}
^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "Olympic Football Tournament Antwerp 1920, Yugoslavia-Czechoslovakia match report". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
^ "Slavin Cindrić". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Slavin Cindrić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
^ "Statistika utakmica reprezentacije" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 8 February 2010. ^{[dead link]}

External links

Slavin Cindrić at National-Football-Teams.com
Slavin Cindrić – FIFA competition record (archived)
Slavin Cindrić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)

[COC-1] "Slavin Cindrić". Croatian Olympic Committee. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[2] "Statistika utakmica reprezentacije" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 8 February 2010.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[4] "Olympic Football Tournament Antwerp 1920, Yugoslavia-Czechoslovakia match report". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

[5] "Slavin Cindrić". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[6] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Slavin Cindrić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

[7] "Statistika utakmica reprezentacije" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 8 February 2010. ^{[dead link]}

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