Dimitrije Dimitrijević (1903–1984) was a Yugoslav

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who played between two

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s. He was one of the founders of prominent Bosnian club

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and scorer of the club's first ever goal. Like all the other founders of FK Željezničar, Dimitrijević worked as a railway worker in his hometown

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. It was his idea to form a football club as a way of recreation in 1921. Željezničar played its first game on 17 September 1921 against SAŠK Sarajevo, losing 5–1. Dimitrijević scored the only Željezničar goal of the game.

Personal life

Born in 1903 in

, Austro-Hungarian occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dimitrijević was a steam train driver, operating from Sarajevo to the town of

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. He had 5 brothers. His mother Efrosina and father Kostas were ethnic Greeks. Dimitrijević's mother came from a family called Makridis from

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, while his father changed his name upon emigration.

Death

Dimitrijević died in Sarajevo in September 1984 and is buried at

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References

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