Frane Matošić (25 November 1918 – 29 October 2007) was a Croatian

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player and coach who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

's greatest players and he is the club's all-time leading goalscorer.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, Matošić started to play football with HNK Hajduk from

. In his very first game for ''Hajduk'' in 1934 against '' Slavija'' from Sarajevo, Matošić scored two goals. He played 16 seasons for Hajduk. His older brother Jozo Matošić was also football player with whom he was a teammate at Hajduk. While serving the obligatory military service in the season 1939, he played for the BSK from Belgrade. Next season, season 1939–40, he returned to Hajduk. After Hajduk's management suspending the work of Hajduk in 1941, he went abroad to play for

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, played in season of 1942–43. When the information about restoring of Hajduk's work came to Frane Matošić, he returned to Croatia and smuggled himself on the free territory. There he joined Hajduk, that restarted its work on the free, Allied-controlled part of Croatia, on the island of Vis. Since then, Matošić was playing the games for Hajduk (that was playing friendly games against Allied teams on the Mediterranean). After the war Matošić as a team captain twice refused Josip Broz Tito's offer of transferring Hajduk to Belgrade and renaming it into "Partizan". All together, Matošić played 739 games for ''Hajduk'' and scored impressive 729 goals.

International

Matošić was a long-time Yugoslavia national team player. He played 16 games and scored six goals for Yugoslavia. His last game was in 1953, and in that game he also scored a goal. 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. His final international was a May 1953 World Cup qualification match against

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Managerial career

After the ending of career as player, he turned to coaching career. He was the coach of Hajduk, few years after his brother Jozo was coaching it. He was also the coach of the Tunisia football team and of

RNK Split Radnički nogometni klub Split ("Workers' Football Club of Split") commonly known as RNK Split, is a Croatian professional football club based in the city of Split. History The club had a strong fanbase in the Split's shipyard. The club was fo ...

Death

Matošić died in

on the anniversary of Hajduk's historical victory over

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in 1950.

Honours

Player

Hajduk Split *

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Championship: 1940–41 *

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Championship: 1945,

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

;BSK Belgrade *

: 1938–39 Yugoslavia * Olympic Silver Medal:

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

Individual *

Championship top goalscorer:

* Yugoslav First League Top Goal Scorer: 1948–49

Manager

RNK Split *

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

(West): 1959–60 ;Tunisia *

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: third place

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Records

* Hajduk Split all-time leading goalscorer: 211 goals * Hajduk Split all-time Leading goalscorer: 729 goals (unofficial matches included) * Hajduk Split all-time appearance maker: 739 games (unofficial matches included)

References

External links

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Otišao je veliki šjor Frane
Dnevnik.hr
Umro Frane Matošić, najbolji strijelac Hajduka svih vremena
Het Belang van Limburg - online krant
Voetballegende Frane Matosic overleden * Matošić je umro na dan povijesne pobjede nad Crvenom zvezdom iz 1950. godine]
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Matosic, Legenda Bola Kroasia, Meninggal Dunia
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matosic, Frane 1918 births 2007 deaths Footballers from Split, Croatia Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics HNK Hajduk Split players OFK Beograd players Bologna FC 1909 players Yugoslav First League players Serie A players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Italy Yugoslav football managers HNK Hajduk Split managers RNK Split managers Tunisia national football team managers 1962 African Cup of Nations managers Yugoslav expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Tunisia Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Burials at Lovrinac Cemetery