Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković (; 1 January 1937 – 23 September 2013) was a Croatian professional

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and player who served as the president of the Croatian Football Federation from 1998 to 2012.

Playing career

Club

He played for:

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), Dinamo (

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), Wiener SC (

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International

From 1958 until 1959 he played three matches for

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, and from 7 May 1961 (debut against

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) until 30 September 1962 (final game against

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) he played in

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for

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and scored one

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in 16 matches. He played in all matches on 1962 FIFA World Cup when Yugoslavia finished 4th.

Managerial career

After he finished his playing career, he coached

(Zagreb),

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) and Dinamo (Zagreb). With Dinamo he won

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in 1980. From 1974 to 1978 he was a

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instructor. He also participated in the FIFA Coca-Cola-program. He was elected president of the Croatian Football Federation on 18 December 1998. He was reelected in 2002 and on 16 December 2006, again with unanimous support. He resigned at 15 May 2012.

Personal life

In 1945, his uncles died during the

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. In

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, his father spent over 15 years in prison for possessing illegal firearm.

Views

In November 2010, Marković spoke out against gay footballers, telling both the Croatian ''

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'' and the Serbian '' Večernje novosti'' that, "As long as I'm president f the Croatian football federationthere will be no gay players. Thank goodness only healthy people play football." He has been reported for the comment to

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. In July 2011, in response to his comments, he was charged €10,000 by

Death

He died at Zagreb in 2013. He was 76.

Managerial statistics

Source:

Honours

Source:

Player

Dinamo Zagreb *

: 1960, 1963

Manager

Yugoslavia U-23 * Under-23 Challenge Cup: 1969 *

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NK Zagreb *

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: 1972–73 Dinamo Zagreb *

: 1980

Individual

* Matija Ljubek Award: 2002 * HNS's Trophy Trophies: 2003 *

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: 2008 *

Amicale des Anciens: 2009 *Holder of title Dragon of silver Bosnia in

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References

External links

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