Marijan Jantoljak (born 7 February 1940) is a former

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ian football player.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, he started playing in a local club NK Ponikve.Marijan Jantoljak
at Reprezentacija.rs In his early career he also played with

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from where, in summer 1958, he joined FK Jedinstvo Zemun. In the season 1959–60 he joined Rijeka and stayed in the club until 1972. That year he moved to FK Borac Banja Luka and played another 5 seasons there. By the end of his career he played with

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sides

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and

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. As a player, he was the most capped goalkeeper of all time for

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. He also scored 15 goals during his time in Rijeka as he was a regular penalty kick taker. During the 1969–70 season, he did not concede a goal for 917 minutes, a record for any Rijeka goalkeeper.

International

Jantoljak made his debut for

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in an October 1966

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away against

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, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Ilija Pantelić, and earned a total of 2 caps scoring no goals. His second and final international was a November 1966 friendly away against

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.Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. , pp. 342–4.

Managerial career

After retiring green at the age of 39, Jantoljak became a coach. Among other clubs, he has managed

during the 1991–92 and 1995 seasons.

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