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

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. He was also the older brother of

Frane Matošić Frane Matošić (25 November 1918 – 29 October 2007) was a Croatian football player and coach who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Hajduk Split's greatest players and he is the club's all-time leading goalscorer. Playing career ...

, Hajduk's best goalscorer of all time.

Career

He began his career at Hajduk Split as a goalkeeper but

Luka Kaliterna "Barba" Luka Kaliterna (13 October 1893 – 25 February 1984) was a Croatian football player and later manager. Born in Split, he played on the position of the goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (so ...

made him a right-back. He was known for his great strength and character. He was also a regular player in the Yugoslavia national football team during the 1930s. He won the

1940–41 Croatian First League The Croatian League season of 1940-1941 was the first held in the Banovina of Croatia. Hajduk Split was the league champion. The league was organized by the Croatian Football Federation. League Champions Hajduk Split (Coach: Ljubo Benčić) M ...

at that time also. From 1941 to 1944, he was in the

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. In 1944, he was captain of the Hajduk Split squad that was formed again on the island of Vis. From 1944 to 1945, he toured the Allied liberated territory with Hajduk Split. He won two

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championships after the war, in 1945 and 1946. In August 1946, Matošić moved to

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(today's HNK Rijeka), where he was player–manager for the duration of the

1946–47 Yugoslav First League The 1946–47 Yugoslav First League season was the first season of the First Federal League ( sh-Latn, Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, which ended the six-year period in which national footbal ...

. Shortly thereafter, he retired from football. Jozo Matošić is known for discovering

Vladimir Beara Vladimir Beara (; 26 August 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager. He played the vast majority of his professional club career for Hajduk Split and Red Star Belgrade in the Yugoslav Federal League and for the Yu ...

, one of the best goalkeepers in the world during the 1950s. During his managerial time at Hajduk Split, he won the 1952 Yugoslav First League. He later went to live in

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where he worked at NK GOŠK. In his honour, the football academy in Dubrovnik was named after him.

Honours

Player

;Hajduk Split * Banovina of Croatia (1): 1940–41 ;Hajduk Split *

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(2): 1945, 1946

Coach

;Hajduk Split *

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, ...

(1):

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