Zvonko Strnad

Zvonko "Tiba" Strnad (1926–1979) was a Croatian footballer.

Zvonko Strnad
Personal information
Full name Zvonko Strnad
Date of birth (1926-01-15)15 January 1926
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death 1979 (aged 5253)
Place of death Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1945 Zagorec Krapina
1945–1946 Metalac Zagreb
1946–1948 Dinamo Zagreb 9 (3)
1948–1950 Partizan 18 (3)
1950–1954 Dinamo Zagreb 30 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Zvonko played for various clubs from his hometown, Zagreb, namely, Zagorec and Metalac, before coming in 1946 to the city's main club, NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he played until 1954 with only a brief interruption, playing 111 league matches and scoring 23 goals. The exceptions were the 1948–49 and 1949–50 season in which he moved to Belgrade and played in FK Partizan[1] where he won the national Championship in the 1948–49 season. He played two matches for the B Yugoslavia national team.

He was known as a fast right winger, with excellent dribbling skills and great crossing passes.

His career was prematurely ended by a meniscus injury.

References

  1. All-time FK Partizan players at FK Partizan official website
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