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Zvonko Bego

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Zvonko Bego
Personal information
Full name Zvonko Bego
Date of birth (1940-12-19)19 December 1940
Place of birth Split, Yugoslavia
Date of death 13 August 2018(2018-08-13) (aged 77)
Place of death Krapinske Toplice, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1967 Hajduk Split 169 (35)
1967 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
1967–1968 FC Twente 6 (1)
1968–1969 Bayer Leverkusen 17 (1)
1969–1971 Austria Salzburg
1971–1972 Junak Sinj
1972–1973 Uskok
Total 182 (37)
International career
1961 Yugoslavia 6 (2)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zvonko Bego (19 December 1940 – 13 August 2018) was a Yugoslav footballer.[1] He spent most of his career with Croatian side Hajduk Split.

Club career

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Bego made his debut for Hajduk in an early 1957 cup match against Lokomotiva and scored 173 goals in 375 games for the club.[2] He moved abroad to play for Bayern Munich, FC Twente, Bayer Leverkusen and Austria Salzburg before returning to Yugoslavia in 1971 and finish his career at Junak Sinj and Uskok Klis.[3]

International career

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He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1961 friendly match against Austria and earned a total of 6 caps scoring 2 goals. His final international was a December 1961 friendly against Israel.[4] He was also part of the Yugoslavian side which won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Preminuo zlatni olimpijac i nogometaš Hajduka Zvonko Bego (in Croatian)
  2. ^ PREMINUO ZVONKO BEGO – Hajduk (in Croatian)
  3. ^ Preminula je legenda Hajduka: Zvonko Bego umro u 78. godini – 24Sata (in Croatian)
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Zvonko Bego". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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