Zdravko Brkljačić
Zdravko Brkljačić (born 22 May 1936) is a former Croatian football goalkeeper who played in several clubs in Yugoslavia, Austria and Belgium.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 May 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Varaždin, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1957 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 4 | (0) |
| 1957–1959 | Velež Mostar | 32 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Vojvodina | 7 | (0) |
| 1961–1963 | Karlovac | 45 | (0) |
| 1963–1966 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | (0) |
| 1966–1967 | Wiener Sport-Club | 8 | (0) |
| 1967–1972 | KAA Gent | 125 | (0) |
| 1972–1974 | Standard Liège | 5 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Yugoslavia U-21 | 1 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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 for a year and a half. He played with NK Karlovac before moving to Dinamo Zagreb where he stayed three seasons as a substitute goalkeeper; he played only one match in the Yugoslav First League with them. Afterwards, he moved abroad, first playing one season in Austria with Wiener Sport-Club, and then to Belgium where he played seven years in top flight clubs K.A.A. Gent and Standard Liège. He played one match for the Yugoslav U-21 team.[2]
References
- 1959/60 season at fkvojvodina.com
- Book: "Rođeni - Prvoligaške generacije 1952 - 1991" by Zoran Mrđenović, pag. 33 (in Serbian)