Florijan Matekalo

Florijan Matekalo

Personal information
Full name	Florijan Matekalo
Date of birth	25 April 1920
Place of birth	Jajce, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death	20 May 1995 (aged 75)
Place of death	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1933–1936	Elektrobosna Jajce
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1936–1939	JŠK Slavija Sarajevo
1939–1945	Građanski Zagreb
1946–1947	Partizan	8	(3)
National team
1940	Croatia	4	(1)
1940	Yugoslavia	1	(0)
Teams managed
1957	Partizan
1962	Hajduk Split
1964	Partizan
1979	Partizan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Florijan Matekalo was a footballer who played international football for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.^[1]

He scored the first goal in the history of the Croatian national team^[2] and the first goal ever for FK Partizan.^[3]

References

1. "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
2. Jutarnji article
3. Mozzart article