Dragutin Vragović (18 September 1897 – 23 January 1973) was a
Croatian footballer who spent the majority of his career with
Građanski Zagreb in the 1920s. Vragović won two
Yugoslav championships with Građanski (1923 and 1926) and was also member of the
Yugoslav squad at the 1920 and 1924 Olympic tournaments.
Career
Vragović was known as a reliable
utility player at Građanski and performed well in centre back, midfielder and striker roles, in addition to playing as either left or right winger for the national team.
He was also Građanski's captain in both of their successful Yugoslav championship campaigns in 1923 and 1926,
and was one of their best players when the club toured abroad and defeated
Barcelona
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and
Athletic Bilbao in 1923.
He also had 18 appearances for Zagreb XI (1920–1928) and was capped 7 times for Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920–1923). He was called up for the team's first international tournament, at the
1920 Olympics in
Antwerp, and he appeared in the country's first ever international match on 28 August 1920, a 7–0 defeat to
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
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. He was also an unused substitute at the
1924 Olympics. His final international was an October 1923
friendly match
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against
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
.
Honours
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia Championship (2):
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
,
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...
References
External links
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1897 births
1973 deaths
Footballers from Zagreb
People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav footballers
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
HŠK Građanski Zagreb players
Yugoslav First League players