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Yugoslav footballer (1934–1995)

Gordan Irović
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-07-02)2 July 1934
Place of birth Herceg Novi, Yugoslavia
Date of death 26 May 1995(1995-05-26) (aged 60)
Place of death Munich, Germany
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953-1956 Velež Mostar
1957-1963 Dinamo Zagreb 93 (0)
1963-1964 SV Phönix 03 Ludwigshafen
1964-1965 SV Südwest Ludwigshafen
1965 Ludwigshafener SC
1966 FSV Oggersheim
1966 Wacker Innsbruck 8 (0)
1966-1968 WSG Radenthein
Managerial career
1972 Toronto Croatia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordan Irović (2 July 1934 – 26 May 1995) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper who was a member of the Yugoslavia national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. However, he never earned a cap for his country.

Club career

With Dinamo Zagreb, Irović won the 1958 Yugoslav league title and three domestic cups in the 1960s. After a few years in Germany, he joined Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck in 1966, only to lose his place between the posts to Leo Tschenett.

Managerial career

Irović was the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League in 1972.

Personal life

Death

Nicknamed Kamikaze, due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995

References

  1. Album Naši nogometaši 1961
  2. "1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. Profile - Kicker
  4. Profile - Tivoli12 (in German)
  5. Waring, Ed (1 May 1972). "Blaskovic broke ice then leg in '72 soccer season opener". The Globe and Mail. p. S4.
  6. Biografija (bio) Archived 2019-09-10 at the Wayback Machine - GNK Dinamo (in Croatian)

External links

Yugoslavia squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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