Božo Broketa (24 December 1922 – 25 July 1985) was a Yugoslav

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player.

Club career

He spent most of his career with

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. He played 4 league matches for Dutch giants Ajax, when he already was 36 years of age. A football academy in Dubrovnik is named after him.

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a May 1947 friendly match away against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June

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match against Albania. He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the football tournament at the

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, but he did not play in any matches.

References

* "Božo Broketa", ''Nogometni leksikon'', Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.

External links

* * 1922 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Dubrovnik Association football defenders Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1950 FIFA World Cup players HNK Hajduk Split players NK GOŠK Dubrovnik players SV Limburgia players AFC Ajax players Yugoslav First League players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Yugoslav expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Yugoslavia-footy-bio-stub