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.
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]
Irović was the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League in 1972.[5]
Nicknamed Kamikaze, due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995 [6]