Franjo Wölfl

Franjo Wölfl (18 May 1918 – 8 July 1987) was a Croatian footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Franjo Wölfl
Wölfl in 1951 holding the Yugoslav Cup trophy.
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-05-18)18 May 1918
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 8 July 1987(1987-07-08) (aged 69)
Place of death Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Concordia Zagreb
1935–1937 Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1938 Viktoria Plzeň
1938–1945 Građanski Zagreb 125 (136)
1945–1953 Dinamo Zagreb 100 (80)
International career
1938–1951 Yugoslavia 12 (5)
1940 Banovina of Croatia 4 (0)
1941–1944 Independent State of Croatia 14 (12)
Managerial career
1954 Yugoslavia (co-manager)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Wölfl spent much of his career with Građanski Zagreb. With Građanski he was the top scorer in the Croatian First League's 1943 season. After World War II, Građanski was disbanded by the communist authorities and Wölfl moved to the regime's newly formed club Dinamo Zagreb. With Dinamo, Wölfl was the Yugoslav First League's top scorer in 1947 and 1948.

International career

Wölfl played international football first with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team from 1938 and then the Croatia national team from 1940 to 1944. He played 4 of those for the Jozo Jakopić-led Banovina and the other 14 games under the flag of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany. Finally, Wölfl suited up for communist Yugoslavia's national team from 1945 to 1951.[2]

References
  1. "Franjo Wölfl". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 January 2023.


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