Ivo Šuprina | |
Fullname: | Ivan Šuprina |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1921 |
Birth Place: | Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1938–1944 |
Clubs1: | Građanski Zagreb |
Years2: | 1945–1946 |
Clubs2: | Dinamo Zagreb |
Years3: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs3: | Lyon |
Years4: | 1947–1948 |
Clubs4: | Strasbourg |
Caps4: | 18 |
Goals4: | 10 |
Years5: | 1948–1951 |
Clubs5: | Napoli |
Caps5: | 64 |
Goals5: | 21 |
Nationalyears1: | 1940 |
Nationalteam1: | Banovina of Croatia |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1943 |
Nationalteam2: | Independent State of Croatia |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Ivan "Ivo" Šuprina (1 October 1921 – 13 July 1988[1] [2]) was a Croatian international footballer who professionally throughout Europe as a striker during the 1940s.
Born in Zagreb, Šuprina began his career in his native Croatia for hometown clubs Građanski Zagreb and Dinamo Zagreb. He later played in France for Lyon and Strasbourg; during his time in France he was known as Yvon Šuprina.[3] Šuprina also played in Italy for Napoli.[4]
Šuprina made his debut for the Banovina of Croatia in an April 1940 friendly match against Switzerland and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He played the last one of these games under the flag of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany.[5]