Andrija Mutafelija

Andrija Mutafelija (1883–1970) was a Croatian footballer and an important figure in the development of the game.

He was born in Slavonski Brod in 1883. As a member of the early Croatian football club PNIŠK, he was one of the first footballers in Zagreb. He played from 1903 to 1906. He co-founded HŠK Građanski Zagreb in a café on Preradović Square and was its first president[1] from 1911 to 1914. He is credited with making the club competitive in the period directly after the First World War. By trade he was a hat salesman.[2]

He died in Zagreb in 1970.

References
  1. Sve je započelo u jednoj kavani, a evo gdje su danas: Plavi slave 110 godina - Vecernji (in Croatian)
  2. Profile - MIROSLAV KRLEŽA INSTITUTE OF LEXIcOGRAPHY (in Croatian)


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