Zvonko Strnad Explained

Zvonko Strnad
Fullname:Zvonko Strnad
Birth Date:15 January 1926
Birth Place:Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death Place:Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Position:Right winger
Years1:1943–1945
Years2:1945–1946
Years3:1946–1948
Years4:1948–1950
Years5:1950–1954
Clubs2:Metalac Zagreb
Clubs5:Dinamo Zagreb
Caps3:9
Goals3:3
Caps4:18
Goals4:3
Caps5:30
Goals5:4

Zvonko "Tiba" Strnad (1926–1979) was a Croatian footballer.

Career

Zvonko played for various clubs from his hometown, Zagreb, namely, Zagorec and Metalac, before coming in 1946 to the city's main club, NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he played until 1954 with only a brief interruption, playing 111 league matches and scoring 23 goals. The exceptions were the 1948–49 and 1949–50 season in which he moved to Belgrade and played in FK Partizan[1] where he won the national Championship in the 1948–49 season. He played two matches for the B Yugoslavia national team.

He was known as a fast right winger, with excellent dribbling skills and great crossing passes.

His career was prematurely ended by a meniscus injury.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.en.partizan.rs/istorija-kluba/igraci-od-1945-do-danas/ All-time FK Partizan players