Želimir "Željko" Stinčić (born 13 July 1950 in

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

) is a Croatian retired footballer.

Club career

Stinčić, son of Yugoslav international

Branko Stinčić Branko Stinčić (17 December 1922 – 12 October 2001) was a Croatian football player. Career Born in Zagreb, Stinčić played for both Croatian derby sides in his career, first for Hajduk Split from 1946 to 1948 and then for Dinamo Zagreb fro ...

, started playing at

NK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

in 1967, but had only a handful of appearances in his first six seasons with the club, acting as a second- or third-choice goalkeeper at the time when established goalkeepers

Zlatko Škorić Zlatko Škorić (27 July 1941 – 23 May 2019) was a Croatian football goalkeeper. He got eight caps for the Yugoslavia national team. Club career He played a total of 221 matches for Dinamo Zagreb and won the he won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ...

and Fahrija Dautbegović were at the club. Following Dautbegović's departure, Stinčić appeared in 21

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

matches in the 1973–74 season, and became a regular member of the first team squad in the following years. By 1981 he played a total of 478 games (including 190 league matches) for the Blues. At the end of the 1980–81 season he moved abroad to

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n side SV Austria Salzburg, where he played for four seasons, appearing in 91

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games, before retiring in 1985.

International career

He was capped once for

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, in a Euro 1980 qualifier against

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on 4 October 1978 and conceded two goals from

Juanito Juanito is a given name or nickname, meaning "Little Juan" or Johnny. Notable people with the name include: Professional footballers * Juan Ignacio Gomez Taleb (born 1985), Argentinian forward * Juan Díaz Sánchez (1948–2013), Spanish forward ...

and Santillana in a 2–1 defeat. After retiring he worked as a goalkeeping coach at Dinamo Zagreb until 2005, when he opened a goalkeeping academy together with Zlatko Škorić. Zlatko unfortunately got

diabetes Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ap ...

and since his finger has got cut off (because of diabetes) he wasn't able to work. After that incident Stincic was working alone.

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* 1950 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football goalkeepers Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Yugoslav First League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Croatia-footy-goalkeeper-stub