Ernest Dubac

Ernest Dubac
Personal information
Date of birth (1914-02-15)15 February 1914
Place of birth Osijek, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 27 February 1985(1985-02-27) (aged 71)
Place of death Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hajduk Osijek
0000–1937 Slavija Osijek
1937–1941 BSK Belgrade
1941–1944 Građanski Zagreb
National team
1938–1941 Yugoslavia 14 (0)
1941–1944 IS Croatia 15 (0)
Teams managed
Proleter Osijek
Čelik Zenica
Trešnjevka Zagreb

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Ernest Dubac (February 15, 1914 – February 27, 1985) was a Croatian footballer who played international football for both the NDH Croatian and Royal Yugoslavian national teams.

Career

Born in Osijek, Dubac started his career with Hajduk Osijek[1] before moving to Slavija Osijek. From 1937 he played with BSK Beograd where he became one of the best full-backs in the country and became a regular in the national team. He played in Belgrade until 1941 and has won the 1939 Yugoslav championship. When the Second World War started in Yugoslavia, and then he moved to HŠK Građanski Zagreb in the Croatian First League in 1941.[2] He was champion of Independent State of Croatia with Građanski in 1943, with whom he finished his career.

After retiring he became a coach, and coached NK Proleter Osijek, NK Čelik Zenica and NK Trešnjevka. He later became a dentist. He died in Osijek in 1985.[2]

National team

Internationally he played 14 games for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and all 15 games which the independent Croatian national team played during the Second World War.[3]

Honours

BSK Belgrade
Građanski Zagreb

Sources

  1. Fudbal u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji, by Milorad Sijić, pag. 167
  2. 1 2 Ernest Dubac at Reprezentacija.rs
  3. Ernest Dubac at National-Football-Teams.com


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