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Gordan Irović

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Gordan Irović
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-07-02)2 July 1934
Place of birth Herceg Novi,[1] Yugoslavia
Date of death 26 May 1995(1995-05-26) (aged 60)
Place of death Munich, Germany
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953-1956 Velež Mostar
1957-1963 Dinamo Zagreb 93 (0)
1963-1964 SV Phönix 03 Ludwigshafen
1964-1965 SV Südwest Ludwigshafen
1965 Ludwigshafener SC
1966 FSV Oggersheim
1966 Wacker Innsbruck 8 (0)
1966-1968 WSG Radenthein
Managerial career
1972 Toronto Croatia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

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Irović was the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League in 1972.[5]

Personal life

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Death

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Nicknamed Kamikaze, due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995 [6]

References

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  1. ^ Album Naši nogometaši 1961
  2. ^ "1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ Profile - Kicker
  4. ^ Profile - Tivoli12 (in German)
  5. ^ Waring, Ed (1 May 1972). "Blaskovic broke ice then leg in '72 soccer season opener". The Globe and Mail. p. S4.
  6. ^ Biografija (bio) Archived 2019-09-10 at the Wayback Machine - GNK Dinamo (in Croatian)
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