Florijan Matekalo | |
Fullname: | Florijan Matekalo |
Birth Date: | 25 April 1920 |
Birth Place: | Jajce, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Death Place: | Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1933–1936 |
Youthclubs1: | Elektrobosna Jajce |
Years1: | 1936–1939 |
Years2: | 1939–1945 |
Years3: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs1: | Slavija Sarajevo |
Clubs2: | Građanski Zagreb |
Clubs3: | Partizan |
Caps2: | 51 |
Caps3: | 8 |
Goals2: | 21 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 1940 |
Nationalteam1: | Banovina of Croatia |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 1940 |
Nationalteam2: | Yugoslavia |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1957 |
Managerclubs1: | Partizan |
Manageryears2: | 1962 |
Managerclubs2: | Hajduk Split |
Manageryears3: | 1964 |
Managerclubs3: | Partizan |
Manageryears4: | 1979 |
Managerclubs4: | Partizan |
Florijan Matekalo (pronounced as /hr/;[1] [2] 25 April 1920 – 20 May 1995) was a footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.[3]
He scored the first goal in the history of the Croatia national team[4] and the first goal ever for FK Partizan.[5]
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]