Gordan Irović (2 July 1934 – 26 May 1995) was a Yugoslav

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who was a member of the Yugoslavia national team at the

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. However, he never earned a cap for his country.

Club career

With

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. Dinam ...

, Irović won the 1958 Yugoslav league title and three domestic cups in the 1960s. After a few years in Germany, he joined Austrian side

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...

in 1966, only to lose his place between the posts to Leo Tschenett.

Managerial career

Irović was the head coach for

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in the

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in 1972.

Personal life

Death

Nicknamed ''Kamikaze'', due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995 Biografija (bio)
- GNK Dinamo

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