Slavko Luštica (11 January 1923 – 14 July 1992) was a

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who represented

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at the

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. He played club football in Yugoslavia with NK Osvit and

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Playing career

Club

Born in a small fishing community in the

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, Luštica started playing youth football at NK Osvit based in

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, moving to the senior team at only 13 but he was first noticed by the public when he played in the Yugoslavia youth team which beat the then-powerful Hungary youth selection in

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. Soon after that he signed for Hajduk Split, where he spent the rest of his playing career. His official debut for the club was on 9.3.1941 in a 5–2 win against Concordia Zagreb. During WW2 he played in all of Hajduk's games after the club escaped (and was temporarily relocated) to the

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in 1944. After the war Luštica continued playing for Hajduk and won three Yugoslav championships (1950, 1952 and 1955). He appeared in a total of 634 games (making him third in Hajduk's list of all-time appearances, behind Frane Matošić and

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) and scored a total of 86 goals.

International

He debuted for the national team on 23 August 1951 at a friendly against

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(which Yugoslavia won 4–2). He earned just two more caps, the last one in a 5–0 win against

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on 2 November 1952 in Belgrade.

Managerial career

After his playing career ended, he coached

and won one championship title in 1971. He also coached NK Olimpija Ljubljana from 1973 to 1976.

Honours

Player

* Yugoslav Championship: 1950,

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, 1954–55

Manager

* Yugoslav Championship: 1970–71

References

External links

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Profile
at the

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