Dražan Jerković

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Dražan Jerković (first name often spelled Dražen; born August 6, 1936 in Šibenik) was a Croatian football player, as forward, and also football manager.

He played, on club level, for Dinamo Zagreb (1954–65) and FC Gantoise (1965). Great injuries forced him to early retire, on height of his career. With Dinamo he won the league title in 1958, and league cup in 1960 and 1965. In 315 games for Dinamo, he scored 300 goals.

For Yugoslavia he played between 1960 and 1964. In 21 games he scored 11 goals. He participated in Euro 1960 and World Cup 1962. (Also part of the squad of World Cup 1958, but did not play).

In Euro 1960 he scored two goals against France in semifinal, and Yugoslavia won (5-4). In final, Yugoslavia lost against USSR (1-2; AET), and finished second.

In World Cup 1962 Jerković scored four goals and was, with five more players, the top goalscorer, winning the World Cup Golden Boot. Yugoslavia capture fourth place. In quarter-final Yugoslavia beat West Germany (1-0). In semifinal Yugoslavia lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3), and for third place lost to Chile (0-1).

Jerković was the first manager of the Croatia, between 1990 and 1992.

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• Nogometni leksikon (2004, on Croatian)

Preceded by post created

Croatia national football team manager 1990-1992

Succeeded by Stanko Poklepović

Preceded by Just Fontaine

FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe 1962 Shared with: Leonel Sánchez, Garrincha, Vavá, Valentin Ivanov and Flórián Albert

Succeeded by Eusébio