August Bivec (30 September 1909 – 22 June 1987) was a Croatian

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player and coach.

Playing career

Club

Born in Vrbovec, a town located about 30 kilometers north-east of Zagreb, he started playing in 1925 in the youth team of HŠK Građanski Zagreb.August Bivec
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at povijest.gnkdinamo.hr Between 1927 and 1930 he played as senior with HAŠK, and then he returned to Građanski where, for the exception of the season 1934–35 which he spent playing with

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International

August Bivec made one appearance for the Yugoslav national team. It was in a friendly game against Czechoslovakia, a 2–1 win, played on August 6, 1933, in Zagreb. While he was on his military service, he was part of the Royal Yugoslav Army team that played the Little Entente tournament in 1935 in Bucharest, Romania.

Coaching career

He became one of the first professional coaches in Yugoslavia. He started right in 1937 when he took charge of BGŠK archiving impressive results. Before the start of Second World War in 1941, he also coached in Karlovac, a club named ŠK Viktorija. After the war, he coached numerous clubs from and around Zagreb, namely, Grafičar Zagreb, Rade Končar,

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, NK Radnik Velika Gorica, NK Dolomit Podsused and NK Segesta. His major achievement was driving NK Samobor from the lower leagues to the national third level. For many years he was active in several football organisations; between 1971 and 1973 he was president of the Association of Football Coaches of Croatia, between 1971 and 1973, he was member of the direction board of the Association of Football Coaches of Yugoslavia, and between 1978 and 1981 he was the first president of the Council of Football Coaches of Croatia.

Personal life

He graduated at the Zagreb State Commercial Academy in 1929 and worked as chief accounting officer at the Zagreb Institute of Health Protection until his retirement in 1965. He was awarded with the zlatna plaketa by the Football Association of Yugoslavia. He died on June 22, 1987, in Zagreb.

Honours

;Građanski Zagreb * Yugoslav championship: 1936–37

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bivec, August 1909 births 1987 deaths Footballers from Zagreb People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers HAŠK players HŠK Građanski Zagreb players HŠK Concordia players OFK Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav football managers NK Zagreb managers NK Lokomotiva Zagreb managers HNK Segesta managers