Frane Matošić (25 November 1918 – 29 October 2007) was a Croatian

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player and coach who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of

Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

's greatest players and he is the club's all-time leading goalscorer.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, Matošić started to play football with HNK Hajduk from

. In his very first game for ''Hajduk'' in 1935 against '' Slavija'' from Sarajevo, Matošić scored two goals. He played 16 seasons for Hajduk. His older brother

Jozo Matošić Jozo Matošić (27 January 1913 – 1 March 1999) was a Yugoslav football coach and player. He was captain of the famous Hajduk Split side during World War II. He was also the older brother of Frane Matošić, Hajduk's best goalscorer of ...

was also football player with whom he was a teammate at Hajduk. Grafit, Frane Matošić, ST

While serving the obligatory military service in the season 1939, he played for the

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from Belgrade. Next season, season 1939–40, he returned to Hajduk. After Hajduk's management suspending the work of Hajduk in 1941, he went abroad to play for

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, played in season of 1942–43. When the information about restoring of Hajduk's work came to Frane Matošić, he returned to Croatia and smuggled himself on the free territory. There he joined Hajduk, that restarted its work on the free, Allied-controlled part of Croatia, on the island of Vis. Since then, Matošić was playing the games for Hajduk (that was playing friendly games against Allied teams on the Mediterranean). After the war Matošić as a team captain twice refused Josip Broz Tito's offer of transferring Hajduk to Belgrade and renaming it into "Partizan". All together, Matošić played 739 games for ''Hajduk'' and scored impressive 729 goals.

International

Matošić was a long-time Yugoslavia national team player. He played 16 games and scored six goals for Yugoslavia. His last game was in 1953, and in that game he also scored a goal. 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. His final international was a May 1953

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match against

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Managerial career

After the ending of career as player, he turned to coaching career. He was the coach of Hajduk, few years after his brother Jozo was coaching it. He was also the coach of the Tunisia football team and of

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split, commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was founded on 16 April 1912 as Anarch, but has had se ...

Death

Matošić died in

on the anniversary of Hajduk's historical victory over

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

in 1950.

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split *

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Championship: 1940–41 *

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Championship: 1945,

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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, ...

: 1950, 1952,

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;BSK Belgrade *

: 1938–39 Yugoslavia * Olympic Silver Medal: 1948 Individual *

Championship top goalscorer:

* Yugoslav First League Top Goal Scorer: 1948–49

Manager

RNK Split *

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(West): 1959–60 ;Tunisia *

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: third place 1962

Records

* Hajduk Split all-time leading goalscorer: 211 goals * Hajduk Split all-time Leading goalscorer: 729 goals (unofficial matches included) * Hajduk Split all-time appearance maker: 739 games (unofficial matches included)

References

External links

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Index.hr
Otišao je veliki šjor Frane
Dnevnik.hr
Umro Frane Matošić, najbolji strijelac Hajduka svih vremena
Het Belang van Limburg - online krant
Voetballegende Frane Matosic overleden
Nogometni-magazin.com
Matošić je umro na dan povijesne pobjede nad Crvenom zvezdom iz 1950. godine]
Kapetan koji je i Titu rekao "ne"

Matosic, Legenda Bola Kroasia, Meninggal Dunia
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