Svemir Delić | |
Fullname: | Svemir Delić |
Birth Date: | 1929 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sinj,, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Death Place: | Split, Croatia |
Position: | Right-back, centre-back |
Youthclubs1: | Junak Sinj |
Years1: | –1949 |
Clubs1: | Junak Sinj |
Years2: | 1949–1952 |
Clubs2: | Dinamo Zagreb |
Caps2: | 40 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1952–1954 |
Clubs3: | Hajduk Split |
Caps3: | 13 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1955–1959 |
Clubs4: | NK Zagreb |
Nationalyears1: | 1951 |
Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia B |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1956 |
Nationalteam2: | PR Croatia |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Svemir Delić (14 September 1929 – 3 January 2017), nicknamed Cico,[1] was a Croatian footballer who played as a defender and made one appearance for the Croatia national team.[2] [3]
Delić earned his first and only cap for Croatia in the team's 1956 friendly match against Indonesia. The fixture, which was played on 12 September in Zagreb, finished as a 5–2 win for Croatia.[4]
Delić's brother Mladen was a prominent Croatian sports commentator.[5] Svemir was married to Mirjana for over 60 years,[1] and died on 3 January 2017 in Split at the age of 87.[6]