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Full name | Bernard Vukas | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 May 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 April 1983 | (aged 55)|||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 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
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*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.