Božo Broketa

Božo Broketa (24 December 1922 – 25 July 1985) was a Yugoslav football player.

Božo Broketa
Personal information
Full name Božo Broketa
Date of birth (1922-12-24)24 December 1922
Place of birth Dubrovnik, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 25 July 1985(1985-07-25) (aged 62)[1]
Place of death Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
GOŠK Dubrovnik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1945 Uskok Zagreb
1946–1956 Hajduk Split 202 (26)
1956–1957 GOŠK Dubrovnik
1957–1958 Limburgia
1958–1959 Ajax 4 (0)
International career
1947–1948 Yugoslavia 3 (0)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He spent most of his career with Hajduk Split. He played 4 league matches for Dutch giants Ajax,[2] when he already was 36 years of age.

A football academy in Dubrovnik is named after him.[3]

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a May 1947 friendly match away against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a June 1948 Balkan Cup match against Albania.[4] He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[5]

References
  1. "Božo Broketa". Croatian Olympic Committee. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. Profile - AFC-Ajax.info
  3. Grad Dubrovnik povećao davanja sportu za osam posto
  4. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. "Božo Broketa". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  • "Božo Broketa", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.


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