Ante Žanetić

Ante Žanetić

Personal information
Full name	Ante Žanetić-Zalante
Date of birth	18 November 1936
Place of birth	Blato, Korčula, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	18 December 2014 (aged 78)
Place of death	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1946–1953	NK BŠK Zmaj Blato
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1953–1954	GOŠK Dubrovnik
1954–1961	Hajduk Split	115	(11)
1961–1964	Club Brugge K.V.
1964–1966	Racing White
National team
1956	Croatia	1	(0)
1959–1960	Yugoslavia	15	(2)
Honours Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ante Žanetić (18 November 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Croatian footballer.

During his club career he played for NK Hajduk Split, Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White. He earned 15 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup and on the Yugoslavian team that won the 1960 Olympics. He also played a friendly match for the SR Croatian national team against Indonesia.

Žanetić later decided to leave Yugoslavia in order to play football in west Europe..^[1] He abandoned the Hajduk Split squad while the team was in Germany in 1961 and moved to Belgium where he played for Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.^[2] He subsequently emigrated to Australia. He died there in 2014.^[3]

References

1. "Ante Žanetić", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.
2. Ante Žanetić: I write this for all football lovers, but especially for Hajduk's young Torcida
3. http://www.jutarnji.hr/umro-ante-zanetic/1257986/

External links

• Profile at Yugoslavia / Serbia national football team page