Tomislav Knez (born 9 June 1938 in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

) is a former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

from

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. During his club career he played for Borac Banja Luka,

NK Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

SV Schwechat Sport-Vereinigung Schwechat is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. They are currently playing in the Wiener Stadtliga and plays their home games at the Rudolf-Tonn-Stadion in Schwechat. H ...

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

Kapfenberger SV Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and advanced to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The club was renamed ...

and SV Güssing. He earned 14 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the

1960 European Nations' Cup The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...

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1938 births Living people Yugoslav footballers Yugoslavia international footballers 1960 European Nations' Cup players FK Borac Banja Luka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players SK Rapid Wien players Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Association football forwards Kapfenberger SV players Olympic medalists in football Expatriate footballers in Austria Austrian Football Bundesliga players Yugoslav First League players Sportspeople from Banja Luka {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-bio-stub Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics