Bernard Vukas

Bernard Vukas
Personal information
Full name Bernard Vukas
Date of birth (1927-05-01)1 May 1927
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death 4 April 1983(1983-04-04) (aged 55)
Place of death Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Left winger/Forward
Youth career
1938–1945 Concordia Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1946 Amater Zagreb
1946–1947 NK Zagreb
1947–1957 Hajduk Split 202 (89)
1957–1959 Bologna 45 (2)
1959–1963 Hajduk Split 65 (5)
1962–1963 Austria Klagenfurt 21 (1)
1963–1965 Grazer AK 23 (1)
1965–1967 Kapfenberger SV 32 (3)
Total 388 (101)
International career
1948–1957 Yugoslavia 59 (22)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Vukas (1 May 1927 – 4 April 1983) was a Croatian footballer who played for Yugoslavia.[1]

Vukas played as a left winger/forward and is mostly remembered for his extraordinary dribbling ability. In 2000, he was voted by the Croatian Football Federation as the best Croatian player of all time, and in another poll by Večernji List he was voted Best Croatian Athlete of the 20th Century.

  1. ^ Nag, Utathya (3 February 2022). "Indian football at the Olympics: The complete history". olympics.com. The Olympics. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

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