Zvonimir Cimermančić

Zvonimir Cimermančić (Croatian pronunciation: [zʋônimiːr tsîmermantʃitɕ];[1][2] 26 August 1917 – 17 May 1979[3]) was a Croatian footballer. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[4]

Zvonimir Cimermančić
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-08-26)26 August 1917
Place of birth Zagreb, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 14 May 1979(1979-05-14) (aged 61)
Place of death Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender/Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1934 Concordia Zagreb
1935–1938 Slavija Varaždin
1939–1945 Građanski Zagreb 116 (59)
1945–1949 Građanski Zagreb 68 (36)
1949–1950 Lokomotiva Zagreb
1951–1954 Dinamo Zagreb 36 (10)
International career
1940 Banovina of Croatia 4 (0)
1940–1948 Yugoslavia 9 (3)
1941–1944 Independent State of Croatia 13 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He began his playing career with HŠK Građanski Zagreb's youth side before moving to NK Slavija Varaždin. In 1938 he returned to Građanski and in the following season won the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's last national championship. He played with Građanski in the Independent State of Croatia's First League until the state's demise and the club's disbanding at the end of the Second World War by Yugoslavian communists. He had become Croatian national champion with the club during the 1943 season. Afterwards, he played for NK Lokomotiva and Građanski's replacement regime-club NK Dinamo Zagreb.

International career

Cimermančić has the distinction of having played for two FIFA-recognized national teams, three nations, and four national teams in all. In 1940, Cimermančić debuted for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's national team (Beli Orlovi) and concurrently played four matches for the Banovina of Croatia's national team, which represented the Croatian statelet within the kingdom. With the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia and its respective national team, he suited up thirteen times and scored six goals for the country. After the war, he also played for communist Yugoslavia's national team. His final international was an August 1948 Olympic Games match against Sweden.[5]

Personal life

After his playing career, Cimermančić worked as a dentist. He died in a road accident in Zagreb[3] in 1979 and is buried in Mirogoj Cemetery.

References
  1. "Zvȍnimīr". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Zvȍnimīr
  2. "cȉmerman". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Cȉmermančić
  3. "Bio je jedan od najboljih krilnih igrača u povijesti Dinama, poginuo je u prometnoj nesreći u Dubravi". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 28 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  4. "Zvonimir Cimermančić". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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