Petar Remete (13 August 1937 – 22 October 2011) was a Croatian

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Career

Born in Ilok,

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, he begin his career in 1954 playing with Sloga Vukovar, a traditional club from that town neighbouring to his birthplace, and predecessor of nowadays

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. After only one season, he moved to Bačka Bačka Palanka where he stayed 6 seasons. His great performances as forward earned him 3 appearances in the Yugoslav U-21 team, and, after crowning himself top-scorer of the

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in 1960, he called the attention of the big clubs, ending up by signing with

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in 1961. During his time at Dinamo, he played mostly as either left or right winger, and he scored a total of 27 goals in 46 appearances, of which 17 appearances and 4 goals were in the

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at Povijest Dinama He then went on and played with

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, Kladivar and Lokomotiva, one season with each of the clubs, before returning to Bačka Bačka Palanka in 1966 and played there until he finished his career in 1973.Petar Remete
at footballfacts.ru He died on 22 October 2011.

Honours

top-scorer: 1960

References

1937 births 2011 deaths People from Ilok Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers OFK Bačka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Trešnjevka players NK Karlovac 1919 players NK Celje players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players Yugoslav First League players {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub