Gordan Irović Explained

Gordan Irović
Birth Date:2 July 1934
Birth Place:Herceg Novi,[1] Yugoslavia
Death Place:Munich, Germany
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1953-1956
Years2:1957-1963
Caps2:93
Goals2:0
Years3:1963-1964
Years4:1964-1965
Clubs4:SV Südwest Ludwigshafen
Years5:1965
Years6:1966
Years7:1966
Caps7:8
Goals7:0
Years8:1966-1968
Manageryears1:1972

Gordan Irović (2 July 1934 – 26 May 1995) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper who was a member of the Yugoslavia national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[2] However, he never earned a cap for his country.

Club career

With Dinamo Zagreb, Irović won the 1958 Yugoslav league title and three domestic cups in the 1960s. After a few years in Germany,[3] he joined Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck in 1966, only to lose his place between the posts to Leo Tschenett.[4]

Managerial career

Irović was the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League in 1972.[5]

Personal life

Death

Nicknamed Kamikaze, due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995 [6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.parapsihopatologija.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17024&page=1 Album Naši nogometaši 1961
  2. Web site: 1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™ . FIFA.com . 30 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827232538/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=15/teams/team=43975.html . 27 August 2012.
  3. https://www.kicker.de/gordan-irovic/spieler Profile
  4. https://www.tivoli12.at/news/123-geschichte/portraits/1246-irovic-gordan.html Profile
  5. News: Waring. Ed. May 1, 1972. Blaskovic broke ice then leg in '72 soccer season opener. S4. The Globe and Mail.
  6. http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/popis-igra%C4%8Da/gordan-irovi%C4%87.html Biografija (bio)