Slavko Beda
FullnameSlavko Beda
Birth date17 October 1919
Birth placeSavina, Ljubno ob Savinji,
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Death date8 June 1975 (aged 55)
Death placeZagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
PositionRight winger
Years 11935–1936
Clubs 1Graničar Zagreb
Years 21936–1945
Clubs 2Concordia
Years 31945–1947
Clubs 3Dinamo Zagreb
Nationalyears 11941
Nationalteam 1Independent State of Croatia
Nationalcaps 11
Nationalgoals 11

Slavko Beda (17 October 1919 – 8 June 1975) was a Croatian footballer who played internationally for the Croatia national team.[1]

Club career

He started his career in Zagreb, where he finish his studies, with Graničar Zagreb in 1935, and a year later he joins Concordia Zagreb, debuting for the first team in 1938 and stayed with the club until its disbanding by the new communist Yugoslav regime in 1945.[1] He was champion of the Croatian First League with Concordia in 1942.[2] After the war, he played with Dinamo Zagreb between 1945 and 1947. Due to health problems he ended up his career being 28.[1]

International career

Beda was capped once for the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany, in a match away against Slovakia in 1941.[1]

Personal life

His younger brother Oskar also played football, as a goalkeeper for Concordia and HŠK Uskok.[1]

References

  1. ^ ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014), page 112
  2. ^ Puric, Bojan (18 December 2008). "Croatia - Championship Winning Squads". RSSSF