Ferante Colnago (11 July 1907 in

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– 15 May 1969 in

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) was a Croatian

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player. He has one cap for the Yugoslav national team. He was sometimes referred to as Ferante Kolnago which is the Serbian spelling.

Playing career

Playing mostly as a central defender he started to play in the youth teams of

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but failed to debut in the first team. Afterwards, he moved to Zagreb where he signed with

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. It was while he was playing with SK Soko from Belgrade that he played his only match for the Yugoslav national team. It was on 19 May 1929 in

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that Yugoslavia had achieved its first win over the " tricolor" by 3-1 and Ferante's brilliant performance on the match did not pass unnoticed, having earned him a call to join, together with

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, where he would play two seasons. Between 1931 and 1938 he played with

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. After a heavy injury, he retired and returned to Belgrade where he began working as a bank employee.

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