Josip Gucmirtl (16 March 1942 – 24 November 2009) was a Croatian football player. Gucmirtl first started playing for his hometown club NK Osijek before coming to Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb in 1965.[1] Gucmirtl played as a striker for Dinamo throughout the remainder of his career, appearing in a total of 409 matches and scoring 109 goals for the Blues (including 191 appearances and 54 goals in the Yugoslav First League).[1] He is mainly remembered for being a member of Dinamo's Golden Generation which won the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the club's only European silverware in history.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, Independent State of Croatia | ||
| Date of death | 24 November 2009 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Osijek | |||
| 1965–1973 | Dinamo Zagreb | 191 | (54) |
| 1973-1975 | Basel | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editHe debuted for Dinamo on 7 February 1965 in an Eternal Derby game against Hajduk Split at Maksimir, and his last match for Dinamo was on 25 June 1973 against Red Star Belgrade.[2] Apart from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Gucmirtl also won the 1969 Yugoslav Cup with Dinamo.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Umro Josip Gucmirtl, član zlatne Dinamove generacije iz '67". Večernji list (in Croatian). 25 November 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Preminuo Josip Gucmirtl". Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian). 26 November 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
External links
edit- Josip Gucmirtl at WorldFootball.net
