Florijan Matekalo (Croatian pronunciation: [flǒrijaːn matěːkalo];[1][2] 25 April 1920 – 20 May 1995) was a footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.[3]
He scored the first goal in the history of the Croatia national team[4] and the first goal ever for FK Partizan.[5]
International career
Matekalo debuted for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's national team (Beli Orlovi) in a November 1940 friendly match against Nazi Germany and concurrently played all four matches for the Banovina of Croatia's national team, which represented the Croatian statelet within the kingdom.[6]
References
- ^ "Flòrijān". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
Flòrijān
- ^ "Máte". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
Matékalo
- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "Jutarnji article". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ Mozzart article
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
External links
- Florijan Matekalo at WorldFootball.net
- Florijan Matekalo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Florijan Matekalo at kicker (in German)
- Florijan Matekalo at EU-Football.info
- Florijan Matekalo at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
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