Franjo Rupnik (5 May 1921 – 25 April 2000) was a
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football player.
Club career
Born in
Osijek
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, he started playing in Hajduk Osijek, before moving to Zagreb's
HŠK Concordia where he played until the beginning of World War II. He had a spell at NK Zagorac Varaždin.
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at Reprezentacija.rs In 1945 he moved to Belgrade's
FK Partizan
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where he stayed until 1947 and won the Yugoslav championship. Then in 1947, he returned to Osijek to play in Proleter until 1951, one of the predecessors of today's
NK Osijek. After retiring, he became a youth coach at
NK Osijek.
International career
He played a total of six matches for the
Yugoslavia national football team. His debut was in 1946 in Belgrade against Czechoslovakia (a 4–2 win), and his last match was in 1950, also in Belgrade, against Norway (a 4–0 win) scoring in that match his only goal for the national team.
Honours
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Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
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1946–47
References
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1921 births
2000 deaths
Sportspeople from Osijek
Association football midfielders
Croatian footballers
Yugoslav footballers
Yugoslavia international footballers
HŠK Concordia players
FK Partizan players
NK Osijek players
Yugoslav First League players
Burials at Saint Anne Cemetery
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