Gordan Irović (2 July 1934 – 26 May 1995) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper who was a member of the Yugoslavia national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[2] However, he never earned a cap for his country.
Club career
With Dinamo Zagreb, Irović won the 1958 Yugoslav league title and three domestic cups in the 1960s. After a few years in Germany,[3] he joined Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck in 1966, only to lose his place between the posts to Leo Tschenett.[4]
Managerial career
Irović was the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League in 1972.[5]
Personal life
Death
Nicknamed Kamikaze, due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995 [6]
References
- ^ Album Naši nogometaši 1961
- ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Profile - Kicker
- ^ Profile - Tivoli12 (in German)
- ^ Waring, Ed (1 May 1972). "Blaskovic broke ice then leg in '72 soccer season opener". The Globe and Mail. p. S4.
- ^ Biografija (bio) Archived 2019-09-10 at the Wayback Machine - GNK Dinamo (in Croatian)
External links
- Gordan Irović – FIFA competition record (archived)
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