Zvonko Bego (19 December 1940 – 13 August 2018) was a Yugoslav
footballer. He spent most of his career with Croatian side
Hajduk Split
Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...
.
Club career
Bego made his debut for Hajduk in an early 1957 cup match against Lokomotiva and scored 173 goals in 375 games for the club. He moved abroad to play for
Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
,
FC Twente,
Bayer Leverkusen and
Austria Salzburg before returning to Yugoslavia in 1971 and finish his career at
Junak Sinj and
Uskok Klis.
International career
He made his debut for
Yugoslavia in a November 1961
friendly match against
Austria and earned a total of 6 caps scoring 2 goals. His final international was a December 1961 friendly against
Israel. He was also part of the Yugoslavian side which 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 ...
, but he did not play in any matches.
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Profile
1940 births
2018 deaths
Footballers from Split, Croatia
Association football midfielders
Yugoslav footballers
Yugoslavia international footballers
Olympic medalists in football
Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
HNK Hajduk Split players
FC Twente players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
NK Junak Sinj players
NK Uskok players
Yugoslav First League players
Eredivisie players
2. Bundesliga players
Yugoslav expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in West Germany
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Burials at Lovrinac Cemetery
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