Zdenko Kobeščak (born 3 December 1943) is a Croatian retired

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player. He earned two caps for

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in the 1960s.

Playing career

Club

Kobeščak made his official debut 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 ...

in August 1962 against

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, but his career at Dinamo was hampered by injuries. He played in both legs of the lost 1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final against

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but did not feature in Dinamo's

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Fairs Cup win. He played a total of 191 games for the club.

International

He made his debut for

in an October 1963

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away against

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and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a November 1964 friendly against the

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Managerial career

He was an assistant coach to

Mirko Jozić Mirko Jozić (; born 8 April 1940) is a Croatian retired professional football manager and player. Managerial career As manager, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile with the Yugoslavia under-20 national team composed of famou ...

at the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.

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