Božo Broketa

Božo Broketa
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-12-24)24 December 1922
Place of birth Dubrovnik, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 25 July 1985(1985-07-25) (aged 62)[1]
Place of death Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
GOŠK Dubrovnik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1945 Uskok Zagreb
1946–1956 Hajduk Split 202 (26)
1956–1957 GOŠK Dubrovnik
1957–1958 Limburgia
1958–1959 Ajax 4 (0)
International career
1947–1948 Yugoslavia 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Božo Broketa (24 December 1922 – 25 July 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a defender.[2][3][4]

Club career

Broketa spent most of his career with Hajduk Split. He played four league matches for Dutch giants Ajax,[5] when he already was 36 years of age.

A football academy in Dubrovnik is named after him.[6]

International career

Broketa made his debut for Yugoslavia in a May 1947 friendly match away against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of three caps. His final international was a June 1948 Balkan Cup match against Albania.[7] He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Božo Broketa". Croatian Olympic Committee. 9 May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ Tonči Vlašić (24 December 2022). "Stogodišnjica rođenja legendarnog Boža Brokete, nogometaša splitskih 'Bilih', strijelca čuvenog pogotka 'Zvezdi' za naslov 1950. godine, koji je 'užgao' čitav hajdučki puk!". Dubrovački Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ Boris Dežulović (26 October 2020). "Jedan gol u životu". telesport.telegram.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "PRIČA O LEGENDI Dubrovčanin koji je 'Bilima' donio titulu 1950. i potaknuo osnivanje Torcide". Dulist (in Croatian). 26 July 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ Profile - AFC-Ajax.info
  6. ^ Grad Dubrovnik povećao davanja sportu za osam posto
  7. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Božo Broketa". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  • "Božo Broketa", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.


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