Milan Antolković

Milan Antolković (Croatian pronunciation: [mǐlan antǒːlkoʋitɕ];[1][2] born 27 September 1915 in Zagreb, died 27 June 2007 in Zagreb) was a Croatian footballer who played international football for both the Croatian and Royal Yugoslav national teams.

Milan Antolković
Personal information
Date of birth(1915-09-27)27 September 1915
Place of birthZagreb, Austria-Hungary
Date of death27 June 2007(2007-06-27) (aged 91)
Place of deathZagreb, Croatia
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
Maksimir
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1931–1932Građanski Zagreb
1933Bata Borovo
1934–1945Građanski Zagreb
1945Dinamo Zagreb
International career
1937–1939Kingdom of Yugoslavia8(1)
1940Banovina of Croatia1(0)
1941–1943Independent State of Croatia9(3)
Managerial career
1952–1953Dinamo Zagreb
1957Dinamo Zagreb
1959–1960Dinamo Zagreb
1961–1964Dinamo Zagreb
1965–1966Yugoslavia
1966–1969SW Bregenz
1969–1970SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin
1970–1971SW Bregenz
1972–1973Osijek
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Player

He began his career with NK Maksimir before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1932. He also had a short spell with SK Bata Borovo in 1933. He played with Građanski as a striker until its disbanding in 1945.

During his international career with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he was capped 8 times, scoring one goal. During the existence of the Independent State of Croatia he was capped for the Croatia national team 10 times, scoring three goals.[3]

Managerial

He was later a manager. His most famous managerial work may have been with Dinamo Zagreb with whom he won the Yugoslav Cup in 1960 and took to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup finals in 1963. He won the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport in 2003. He also coached SW Bregenz[4] and SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin.[5]

Table tennis career

He played for the Yugoslav national table tennis team during the 1933 Swaythling Cup.[6]

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