Ante Žanetić (18 November 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Croatian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

During his club career he played for NK Hajduk Split, Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White. Žanetić later decided to leave Yugoslavia in order to play football in west Europe. He abandoned the Hajduk Split squad while the team was in Germany in 1961 and moved to Belgium where he played for Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White. He subsequently

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to Australia. He died there in 2014.

International career

Žanetić earned 15 caps for the

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, and participated in the

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and on the Yugoslavian team that won the 1960

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. He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatia national team against

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. His final international was a September 1960 Olympic Games match against

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