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Ante Žanetić

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Ante Žanetić
Personal information
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 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)
International career
1956 PR Croatia 1 (0)
1959–1960 Yugoslavia 15 (2)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ante Žanetić (18 November 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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During his club career he played for NK Hajduk Split, Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.

Žanetić later decided to leave Yugoslavia in order to play football in west Europe.[1] 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.[2] He subsequently emigrated to Australia. He died there in 2014.[3]

International career

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Žanetić 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.[4] He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatia national team against Indonesia. His final international was a September 1960 Olympic Games match against Denmark.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ante Žanetić", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.
  2. ^ "Ante Žanetić: I write this for all football lovers, but especially for Hajduk's young Torcida". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Umro Ante Žanetić - Jutarnji.hr". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Ante Žanetić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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