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Club career

He started his career in Zagreb, where he finish his studies, with Graničar Zagreb in 1935, and a year later he joins

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, debuting for the first team in 1938 and stayed with the club until its disbanding by the new communist Yugoslav regime in 1945. He was champion of the

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with Concordia in 1942. After the war, he played with

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between 1945 and 1947. Due to health problems he ended up his career being 28.

International career

Beda was capped once for Croatia in a match away against

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in 1941.

Personal life

His younger brother, Oskar Beda, also played football, as goalkeeper he played with Concordia and HŠK Uskok.

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* 1919 births 1975 deaths People from the Municipality of Ljubno Men's association football wingers Yugoslav men's footballers Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's international footballers HŠK Concordia players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Yugoslav First League players {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub