Domagoj Kapetanović (30 January 1926 – 2005) was a Yugoslav

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player and manager best known for winning the 1976 NASL Championship with

Toronto Metros-Croatia Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

Playing career

Club

Kapetanović started his playing career with Građanski. After the club was disbanded by a decree of the communist authorities in 1945, he was one of several Građanski players who went on to join the Belgrade-based

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

, along with

Franjo Glaser Franjo Glaser (surname sometimes written ''Glazer''; 7 January 1913 – 1 March 2003) was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager. He is the only Yugoslav footballer who won national titles before and after the Second World War, wit ...

Zlatko Čajkovski Zlatko "Čik" Čajkovski (24 November 1923 – 27 July 1998) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian football player and coach. His brother, Željko Čajkovski, was a footballer as well. Normally a defensive midfielder, Čajkovski was renowned for hi ...

Stjepan Bobek Stjepan Bobek (; 3 December 1923 – 22 August 2010) was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football striker and later football manager. Usually a forward or attacking midfielder, Bobek was renowned for his technique, vision and goalscoring ...

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and others. He also played for

NK Lokomotiva Nogometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Football Club), commonly known as Lokomotiva Zagreb or simply Lokomotiva, is a Croatian professional association football, football club based in Zagreb. It competes in the Croatian First ...

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and Metalac.

Managerial career

As manager, he coached

in 1973, and several Croat clubs abroad, such as

in Canada and Croatia Sydney in Australia. With Toronto, he won the

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- Dnevno

References

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