Zdravko Brkljačić

Zdravko Brkljačić
Personal information
Date of birth22 May 1936
Place of birthVaraždin, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1954–1957Lokomotiva Zagreb4(0)
1957–1959Velež Mostar32(0)
1959–1960Vojvodina7(0)
1961–1963Karlovac45(0)
1963–1966Dinamo Zagreb1(0)
1966–1967Wiener Sport-Club8(0)
1967–1972KAA Gent120(0)
1972–1974Standard Liège5(0)
National team
Yugoslavia U-211(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Zdravko Brkljačić (born 22 May 1936) is a former Croatian football goalkeeper who played in several clubs in Yugoslavia, Austria and Belgium.

Born in Varaždin, he started playing in NK Lokomotiva however he failed to break into the starting eleven, so he moved to FK Velež Mostar where he had a busy two seasons. In 1959 he moved to FK Vojvodina[1] where he stayed a year and a half. He played with NK Karlovac before moving to Dinamo Zagreb where he stayed 3 seasons as a substitute goalkeeper having played only one match in the Yugoslav First League with them. Afterwords, he moves abroad, first playing one season in Austria with Wiener Sport-Club, and then to Belgium where he will play 7 years in top flight clubs K.A.A. Gent and Standard Liège. He played one match for the Yugoslav U-21 team.[2]

References

  1. 1959/60 season at fkvojvodina.com
  2. Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 33 (Serbian)

External sources