Florijan Matekalo

Florijan Matekalo (Croatian pronunciation: [flǒrijaːn matěːkalo];[1][2] 25 April 1920 – 20 May 1995) was a footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.[3]

Florijan Matekalo
Personal information
Full name Florijan Matekalo
Date of birth (1920-04-25)25 April 1920
Place of birth Jajce, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death 20 May 1995(1995-05-20) (aged 75)
Place of death Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1933–1936 Elektrobosna Jajce
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1939 Slavija Sarajevo
1939–1945 Građanski Zagreb 51 (21)
1946–1947 Partizan 8 (3)
International career
1940 Banovina of Croatia 4 (1)
1940 Yugoslavia 1 (0)
Managerial career
1957 Partizan
1962 Hajduk Split
1964 Partizan
1979 Partizan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He scored the first goal in the history of the Croatia national team[4] and the first goal ever for FK Partizan.[5]

International career

Matekalo debuted for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's national team (Beli Orlovi) in a November 1940 friendly match against Nazi Germany and concurrently played all four matches for the Banovina of Croatia's national team, which represented the Croatian statelet within the kingdom.[6]

References
  1. "Flòrijān". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Flòrijān
  2. "Máte". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Matékalo
  3. "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. "Jutarnji article". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. Mozzart article
  6. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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