Antun Pogačnik

Antun Pogačnik
Personal information
Date of birth1913
Place of birthSarajevo, Austria-Hungary
Date of death21 May 1978
Place of deathBali, Indonesia
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1931-1933SAŠK Sarajevo
1934-1938HŠK Građanski Zagreb
1938-1941HŠK Concordia
National team
1937Yugoslavia2(0)
1941Croatia1(0)
Teams managed
1947-1949Metalac Zagreb
1952-1953FK Partizan
1954-1963Indonesia
1958-1960Grasshopper Club Zürich
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Antun "Toni" Pogačnik (1913–21 May 1978) was a Croatian footballer who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.

Pogačnik led arguably the most successful Indonesian national team. Under him, Indonesia held the Soviet Union to a 0-0 draw in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics quarter final game before losing 0-4 in the replay two days later. It was a strong Soviet team captained by the great Lev Yashin which then went on to win the gold medal.

As the Dutch East Indies, Indonesia competed in the 1938 World Cup but since then has not appeared in a world tournament at a senior level. Antun Pogačnik is the only coach who has been able to take the Indonesian national team to the Olympic Games. He is remembered very fondly in Indonesian football circles. [1] He later became a manager, with Metalac Zagreb, FK Partizan, Grasshopper Club Zürich.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-24.

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