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Svemir Delić

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Svemir Delić
Personal information
Full name Svemir Delić
Date of birth (1929-09-14)14 September 1929
Place of birth Sinj, Split Oblast [hr],
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death 3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 87)
Place of death Split, Croatia
Position(s) Right-back, centre-back
Youth career
Junak Sinj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1949 Junak Sinj
1949–1952 Dinamo Zagreb 40 (0)
1952–1954 Hajduk Split 13 (0)
1955–1959 NK Zagreb
International career
1951 Yugoslavia B 1 (0)
1956 PR Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Svemir Delić (14 September 1929 – 3 January 2017), nicknamed Cico,[1] was a Croatian footballer who played as a defender and made one appearance for the Croatia national team.[2][3]

International career

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Delić earned his first and only cap for Croatia in the team's 1956 friendly match against Indonesia. The fixture, which was played on 12 September in Zagreb, finished as a 5–2 win for Croatia.[4]

Personal life

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Delić's brother Mladen was a prominent Croatian sports commentator.[5] Svemir was married to Mirjana for over 60 years,[1] and died on 3 January 2017 in Split at the age of 87.[6]

Career statistics

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International

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PR Croatia[4]
Year Apps Goals
1956 1 0
Total 1 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Babić, Vedran (17 November 2015). "Svemir Delić: Mi smo bili sirotinja, igrali smo za ljubav" [Svemir Delić: We were poor, we played for love]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Svemir Delić". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Svemir Delić". HNK Hajduk Split. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Svemir Delić". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "U utorak ispraćaj Svemira Delića" [Funeral for Svemir Delić on Tuesday]. GNK Dinamo Zagreb (in Croatian). 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ Gizdić, Jurica (8 January 2017). "Preminuo Svemir Delić" [Svemir Delić died]. HNK Hajduk Split (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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