Marijan Jantoljak

Marijan Jantoljak

Personal information
Full name	Marijan Jantoljak
Date of birth	2 July 1940
Place of birth	Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Ponikve Zagreb
0000–1958	Radnički Nova Pazova
1958–1960	Jedinstvo Zemun
1960–1971	Rijeka	413	(15)
1971–1976	Borac Banja Luka	116	(1)
1976–1977	Metalac Sisak	23	(3)
1977–1978	Segesta Sisak	27	(0)
National team
1966	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
Teams managed
	Segesta Sisak
	Karlovac
	Rijeka
	Halubjan
	Inker Zaprešić
	Karlovac
	Naprijed Hrijeljina
	Koper
	Rovinj´
	Poreč
	Draga
	Opatija
	Orijent Rijeka
	Pomorac Kostrena
	Krk
2004–2005	Rijeka
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Marijan Jantoljak (born 2 July 1940) is a former Croatian football player.

As a player, he was the most capped goalkeeper of all time for HNK Rijeka. He also scored 15 goals during his time in Rijeka as he was a regular penalty kick taker. During the 1969–70 season, he did not concede a goal for 917 minutes, a record for any Rijeka goalkeeper. He has had two appearances for the Yugoslav national team (against Bulgaria and Israel), both in 1966.^[1]

Born in Zagreb, he started playing in a local club NK Ponikve.^[2] In his early career he also played with FK Radnički Nova Pazova from where, in summer 1958, he joined FK Jedinstvo Zemun.^[3] In the season 1959–60 he joined Rijeka and stayed in the club until 1972. That year he moved to FK Borac Banja Luka and played another 5 seasons there. By the end of his career he played with Yugoslav Second League sides Metalac Sisak and HNK Segesta.^[2]

After retiring as a player at the age of 39, Jantoljak became a coach. Among other clubs, he has managed HNK Rijeka during the 1991–92 and 1995 seasons.

References

1. Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 342–4.
2. Marijan Jantoljak at Reprezentacija.rs
3. Pola vka fudbalskog kluba Zemun pag. 31-35