Zvonko Strnad

Zvonko Strnad
Personal information
Full nameZvonko Strnad
Date of birth15 January 1926
Place of birthZagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death1979
Place of deathZagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing positionRight winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1943–1945Zagorec Krapina
1945–1946Metalac Zagreb
1946–1948Dinamo Zagreb9(3)
1948–1950Partizan Belgrade18(3)
1950–1954Dinamo Zagreb30(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Zvonko "Tiba" Strnad (born and died in Zagreb, 1926–1979) was a Croatian football player.

Career

Zvonko played for various clubs from his hometown, Zagreb, namely, Zagorec and Metalac, before coming in 1946 to the city's main club, NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he played until 1954 with only a brief interruption, playing 111 league matches and scoring 23 goals. The exceptions were the 1948-49 and 1949-50 season in which he moved to Belgrade and played in FK Partizan[1] where he won the national Championship in the 1948-49 season. He played two matches for the B Yugoslav national team.

He was known as a fast right winger, with excellent dribbling skills and great crossing passes.

His career was prematurely ended by a meniscus injury.

References

  1. All-time FK Partizan players at FK Partizan official website

External sources