Drago Hmelina (1932–2004) was a

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er.

Club career

Nicknamed "Beli", Hmelina started playing in Metalac Zagreb and in 1950 he signed with

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First Football League, the ...

where he played until his military service, in 1952. Afterward, he plays with Belgrade's

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between 1954 and 1956 before returning in 1957 to Lokomotiva. In 1958 he moves to the great

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 ...

and after a year he moves to

NK Čelik Zenica Nogometni klub Čelik Zenica ( en, Football Club Čelik Zenica) is a professional football club based in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name ''Čelik'' means ''Steel'' in Bosnian and it symbolizes the strength and power of the club in a ...

following a season with

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, in 1960. He will end up his career playing again with Lokomotiva between 1961 and 1963. He usually played as a left winger and was known for his good technical skills and as an excellent dribbler.

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Career story
at Nogometni Leksikon 1932 births 2004 deaths Footballers from Zagreb Association football wingers Yugoslav footballers NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players FK Partizan players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Čelik Zenica players FK Sarajevo players Yugoslav First League players {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub