Domagoj Kapetanović Explained

Domagoj Kapetanović
Birth Date:30 January 1926
Birth Place:Ljubuški, Kingdom of SCS
Death Place:Zagreb, Croatia
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Concordija
Youthyears2:1938–1945
Youthclubs2:Građanski
Years1:1946–1947
Caps1:[1] 0
Goals1:0
Years2:1947–1952
Years3:1952–1954
Years4:1955–1959
Manageryears1:1965–1966
Managerclubs1:Velež Mostar
Manageryears2:1967–1968
Managerclubs2:Zagreb
Manageryears3:1968–1971
Managerclubs3:OFI Crete
Manageryears4:1973
Managerclubs4:Dinamo Zagreb
Manageryears5:1975
Managerclubs5:Al-Ahly
Manageryears6:1976
Managerclubs6:Toronto Metros-Croatia
Manageryears7:1976–1977
Managerclubs7:Osijek
Manageryears8:1978
Managerclubs8:Toronto Metros-Croatia
Manageryears9:1980–1985
Managerclubs9:Sydney United
Manageryears10:1985–1988
Managerclubs10:Melbourne Croatia

Domagoj Kapetanović (30 January 1926 – 2005) was a Yugoslav football player and manager best known for winning the 1976 NASL Championship with Toronto Metros-Croatia.

Playing career

Kapetanović started his playing career with Građanski. After the club was disbanded by a decree of the communist authorities in 1945, he was one of several Građanski players who went on to join the Belgrade-based FK Partizan, along with Franjo Glaser, Zlatko Čajkovski, Stjepan Bobek, Miroslav Brozović and others.[2] [3] He also played for NK Lokomotiva, Dinamo Zagreb and Metalac.

Managerial career

As manager, he coached Dinamo Zagreb in 1973, and several Croat clubs abroad, such as Toronto Metros-Croatia in Canada and Croatia Sydney in Australia. With Toronto, he won the Soccer Bowl '76.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.partizan.rs/istorija-kluba/igraci-od-1945-do-danas/ All-time player stats; Kapetanovic #399
  2. News: Zašto Dinamo uoči svakog derbija "pumpa" svoju povijest. Reić. Zdravko. 21 February 2009. Slobodna Dalmacija. hr. 5 August 2010.
  3. News: 'Crna' ovca plavog kluba. Židak. Tomislav. 21 February 2009. Jutarnji list. hr. 5 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100915202011/http://www.jutarnji.hr/-crna--ovca-plavog-kluba/287802/. 15 September 2010. dmy-all.
  4. https://www.dnevno.ba/sport/feljton-hercegovac-za-hrvatsku-dise-1-domagoj-kapetanovic-170321/ FELJTON: Hercegovac za Hrvatsku diše (1) – Domagoj Kapetanović