Aleksandar Kozlina (20 December 1938 – 10 April 2013) was a Yugoslav footballer.

Club career

Kozlina started his professional career playing for Yugoslav powerhouse Hajduk Split in 1958. After spending four seasons at the club he was loaned out to

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for two seasons from 1962 to 1964. Upon his return he spent another four season with Hajduk before moving abroad and joining

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side RFC Liégeois in 1967. After leaving Liégeois he had spells with lower level sides

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and

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before retiring in 1974.

International career

Kozlina made his debut for

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in a January 1960

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away against

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and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a December 1961 friendly away against

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. He was a member of the squad which won gold medal at the

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References

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