Yugoslav footballer
Dušan Zinaja
Date of birth
(1893-10-23 ) 23 October 1893 Place of birth
Budapest , Austria-Hungary Date of death
26 September 1948(1948-09-26) (aged 54) Place of death
Poklek, Yugoslavia Position(s)
Striker Years
Team
Apps
(Gls ) 1923
HAŠK
1923
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1
(0) 1924–1925
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Dušan Zinaja (23 October 1893 – 26 September 1948) was a Croatian and Yugoslav cross-country skier and football striker and coach.
Zinaja at the opening ceremony of the 1924 Winter Olympics Zinaja was born in Budapest (at the time Austria-Hungary ).
He was member of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes team at the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix where he took part in both cross-country skiing events.[ 1]
Zinaja spent his entire career with HAŠK (Croatian Academic & Sports Club). As member of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes national football team , he has played only once, on 10 June 1923 in Bucharest against Romania.[ 2]
Zinaja became first player in Yugoslav football history to be appointed a national team coach.
He led national team as coach from 28 September 1924 to 4 November 1925, during which time team of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes played three matches.
Death
Zinaja died on 26 September 1948 in a traffic accident near the village of Poklek on Mt. Žumberak , near Zagreb , Croatia (at the time FPR Yugoslavia ).
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Ugrinić 1920 –24)Sekulić 1924 )Zinaja 1924 –25)Pandaković 1926 –30)Simonović 1930 –32)Veljković 1933 )Simonović 1933 –34)Šuste , Miodragović & Pleše 1934 –35)Simonović 1935 )Simić 1936 )Popović 1937 –38)Simonović 1939 )Popović 1939 )Simonović 1939 –40)Popović 1940 –41)Arsenijević & Tirnanić 1946 –48)Arsenijević 1948 –52)Arsenijević , Tirnanić , Lemešić 1952 –54)Pešić , Tirnanić , Lemešić , Wölfl & Ćirić 1954 )Tirnanić 1955 –58)Nikolić , Tirnanić & Lovrić 1959 –61)Lovrić , Mihajlović & Ruševljanin 1961 –63)Lovrić & Ruševljanin 1963 –64)Lovrić 1964 )Tirnanić , Antolković , Miljanić & Gegić 1965 )Tirnanić , Antolković & Miljanić 1966 )Tirnanić & Miljanić 1966 )Tirnanić , Miljanić , Mitić , Boškov & Stanković 1966 )Mitić 1967 –70)Boškov 1971 –73)Miljanić , Ribar , Rebac , Ivić & Ćirić 1973 –74)Mladinić 1974 –76)Toplak 1976 –77)Valok , Vilotić & Zec 1977 )Vilotić 1978 )Luštica 1978 )Mladinić 1978 )Jerković 1978 )Miljanić 1979 –82)Veselinović 1982 –84)Milutinović 1984 –85)Toplak & Osim 1986 )Osim 1986 –92)Čabrinović 1992 )
