Slavin Cindrić (10 August 1901 – 29 April 1942) was a Yugoslav footballer. He was born in

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Club career

Cindrić was one of the few players who had spells with all three Zagreb-based clubs which were prominent in the interwar period - Concordia, Građanski and

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. With Građanski he won three Yugoslav championships, in

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and

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, and appeared in the

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quarter-finals.

International career

He is mainly known for being the first player to score a

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for

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in a friendly game against

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held on 30 May 1926. After being 1–0 down at half-time, Cindrić came on as a substitute for Stevan Luburić and scored three goals in the 75th, 83rd and 87th minute at what is today

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. This proved to be his only goals in his international career which saw him earn five caps for Yugoslavia, including his debut in Yugoslavia's first ever international game, a 7–0 defeat versus

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on 28 August 1920 (he was one of four Croats who appeared in the game, alongside Dragutin Vrđuka, Rudolf Rupec and

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). Cindrić was called up to represent the country for the 1920 (other Croats in the roster were Dragutin Vrđuka, Rudolf Rupec,

, Vjekoslav Župančić, Jaroslav Schiffer, Dragutin Vragović,

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and Josip Šolc),

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and 1928 Summer Olympics, and he also played 13 games for Zagreb XI in the period between 1920 and 1928. His last international match was on 29 May 1928 against

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at the 1928 Olympic tournament in

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, and he retired from active football in 1930, at the age of 29.

Personal life

He died of

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in April 1942 in

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cindric, Slavin 1901 births 1942 deaths Footballers from Timișoara Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia HŠK Concordia players HŠK Građanski Zagreb players HAŠK players Yugoslav First League players Deaths from pneumonia in Croatia