Željko Pakasin (born 8 June 1967) is a retired

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football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

and manager.

Career

Born in Hlebine near

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, Pakasin started his career at local side

Slaven Belupo Nogometni klub Slaven Belupo (), often referred to as Slaven Belupo, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of Croatia. They play their home matches at Gradski stadion in Koprivnica. They play in ...

but made his mark with

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and later played for

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Cr ...

(called Croatia Zagreb at the time) and in Austria.Pakasin otkrio kako je završila svađa s Mamićem nakon što su pale vrlo teške riječi
- Vecernji

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* 1967 births Living people People from Hlebine Footballers from Koprivnica-Križevci County Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Croatian men's footballers NK Osijek players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players SK Sturm Graz players NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac players NK Slaven Belupo players Yugoslav First League players Croatian Football League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Croatian football managers NK Lokomotiva Zagreb managers {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub