Milan Antolković (; born 27 September 1915 in

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, died 27 June 2007 in

) was a Croatian

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who played international football for both the Croatian and Royal Yugoslav national teams.

Football career

Player

He began his career with

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before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1932. He also had a short spell with

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in 1933. He played with Građanski as a striker until its disbanding in 1945. During his international career with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he was capped 8 times, scoring one goal. During the existence of the

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he was capped for the Croatian national team 10 times, scoring three goals.

Managerial

He was later a manager. His most famous managerial work may have been with

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with whom he won the

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

in 1960 and took to the

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finals in 1963. He won the

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in 2003. He also coached SW Bregenz and

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Table tennis career

He played for the Yugoslav national table tennis team during the 1933 Swaythling Cup.

References

External sources

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at the

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