Zvonko Bego

Zvonko Bego
Personal information
Full name Zvonko Bego
Date of birth (1940-12-19)19 December 1940
Place of birth Split, Yugoslavia
Date of death 13 August 2018(2018-08-13) (aged 77)
Place of death Krapinske Toplice, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1967 Hajduk Split 169 (35)
1967 Bayern Munich 0 (0)
1967–1968 FC Twente 6 (1)
1968–1969 Bayer Leverkusen 17 (1)
1969–1971 Austria Salzburg
1971–1972 Junak Sinj
1972–1973 Uskok
Total 182 (37)
International career
1961 Yugoslavia 6 (2)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zvonko Bego (19 December 1940 – 13 August 2018) was a Yugoslav footballer.[1] He spent most of his career with Croatian side Hajduk Split.

Club career

Bego made his debut for Hajduk in an early 1957 cup match against Lokomotiva and scored 173 goals in 375 games for the club.[2] He moved abroad to play for Bayern Munich, FC Twente, Bayer Leverkusen and Austria Salzburg before returning to Yugoslavia in 1971 and finish his career at Junak Sinj and Uskok Klis.[3]

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1961 friendly match against Austria and earned a total of 6 caps scoring 2 goals. His final international was a December 1961 friendly against Israel.[4] He was also part of the Yugoslavian side which won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[5]

References

  1. ^ Preminuo zlatni olimpijac i nogometaš Hajduka Zvonko Bego (in Croatian)
  2. ^ PREMINUO ZVONKO BEGO – Hajduk (in Croatian)
  3. ^ Preminula je legenda Hajduka: Zvonko Bego umro u 78. godini – 24Sata (in Croatian)
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Zvonko Bego". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.


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