Ante Žanetić

Ante Žanetić (18 November 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Croatian professional footballer.

Ante Žanetić
Personal information
Full name Ante Žanetić Zalante
Date of birth (1936-11-18)18 November 1936
Place of birth Blato, Korčula, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 18 December 2014(2014-12-18) (aged 78)
Place of death Wollongong, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1946–1953 BŠK Zmaj Blato
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1954 GOŠK Dubrovnik
1954–1961 Hajduk Split 114 (11)
1961–1964 Club Brugge K.V. 3 (1)
1964–1966 Racing White 1 (0)
International career
1956 PR Croatia 1 (0)
1959–1960 Yugoslavia 15 (2)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

During his club career he played for NK Hajduk Split, Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.

Žanetić later decided to leave Yugoslavia in order to play football in west Europe.[1] He abandoned the Hajduk Split squad while the team was in Germany in 1961 and moved to Belgium where he played for Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.[2] He subsequently emigrated to Australia. He died there in 2014.[3]

International career

He earned 15 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup and on the Yugoslavian team that won the 1960 Olympics.[4] He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatia national team against Indonesia. His final international was a September 1960 Olympic Games match against Denmark.[5]

References
  1. "Ante Žanetić", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.
  2. "Ante Žanetić: I write this for all football lovers, but especially for Hajduk's young Torcida". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
  3. "Umro Ante Žanetić - Jutarnji.hr". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. "Ante Žanetić". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 January 2023.


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