Zvonko Jazbec (; born 7 September 1911 in

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, USA-died 15 March 1970 in

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) was a Croatian football goalkeeper. He spent his career at HŠK Concordia Zagreb during the 1930s in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

Club career

At age 4, he and his father moved to Croatia where Zvonko eventually established himself at one of the country's top clubs,

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International career

Initially trained as an athletic runner, he began to play football for the Yugoslav national team, making his debut in a March 1934

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against

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and earning a total of 10 caps. Upon the foundation of the temporary Croatian team after German invasion of Yugoslavia, Jazbec played for his adopted background heritage in 3 international matches, including the very first match against

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. He coincidentally enough also scored a goal during his tenure.

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