Gordan Irović (2 July 1934 – 26 May 1995) was a
Yugoslav football
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goalkeeper
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who was a member of the
Yugoslavia national team at the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil be ...
. However, he never earned a cap for his country.
Club career
With
Dinamo Zagreb
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, Irović won the
1958 Yugoslav league title and three domestic cups in the 1960s. After a few years in Germany, he joined Austrian side
Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.
History
The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...
in 1966, only to lose his place between the posts to
Leo Tschenett.
Managerial career
Irović was the head coach for
Toronto Croatia in the
National Soccer League
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in 1972.
Personal life
Death
Nicknamed ''Kamikaze'', due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995
Biografija (bio)
- GNK Dinamo
References
External links
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1934 births
1995 deaths
Sportspeople from Herceg Novi
Men's association football goalkeepers
Yugoslav men's footballers
Yugoslav football managers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
FK Velež Mostar players
GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
FSV Oggersheim players
FC Wacker Innsbruck players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Toronto Croatia coaches
Canadian National Soccer League coaches
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate soccer coaches in Canada
Montenegrin men's footballers