Josip Gucmirtl Explained

Josip Gucmirtl
Birth Date:16 March 1942
Birth Place:Osijek, Independent State of Croatia
Death Place:Zagreb, Croatia
Position:Forward
Clubs1:Osijek
Years2:1965–1973
Clubs2:Dinamo Zagreb
Caps2:191
Goals2:54
Years3:1973-1975
Clubs3:Basel

Josip Gucmirtl (16 March 1942 – 24 November 2009) was a Croatian football player. Gucmirtl first started playing for his hometown club NK Osijek before coming to Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb in 1965. Gucmirtl played as a striker for Dinamo throughout the remainder of his career, appearing in a total of 409 matches and scoring 109 goals for the Blues (including 191 appearances and 54 goals in the Yugoslav First League). He is mainly remembered for being a member of Dinamo's Golden Generation which won the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the club's only European silverware in history.[1]

Club career

He debuted for Dinamo on 7 February 1965 in an Eternal Derby game against Hajduk Split at Maksimir, and his last match for Dinamo was on 25 June 1973 against Red Star Belgrade.[2] Apart from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Gucmirtl also won the 1969 Yugoslav Cup with Dinamo.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Umro Josip Gucmirtl, član zlatne Dinamove generacije iz '67. 25 November 2009. Večernji list. Croatian. 8 August 2010.
  2. Web site: Preminuo Josip Gucmirtl. 26 November 2009. Croatian Football Federation. Croatian. 8 August 2010.