Božo Broketa (24 December 1922 – 25 July 1985) was a Yugoslav

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Broketa spent most of his career with

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. He played four league matches for Dutch giants

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, when he already was 36 years of age. A football academy in

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is named after him.

International career

Broketa made his debut for

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in a May 1947

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away against

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and earned a total of three caps. His final international was a June 1948 Balkan Cup match against

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. He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the football tournament at the

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, but he did not play in any matches.

References

* "Božo Broketa", ''Nogometni leksikon'', Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.

External links

* * 1922 births 1985 deaths Footballers from Dubrovnik Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1950 FIFA World Cup players HNK Hajduk Split players NK GOŠK-Dubrovnik 1919 players SV Limburgia players AFC Ajax players Yugoslav First League players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands {{Yugoslavia-footy-bio-stub