Slavin Cindrić
Personal information | |||
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Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1916–1922 | Concordia | ||
1922–1926 | Građanski Zagreb | ||
1926–1930 | HAŠK | ||
International career | |||
1920–1928 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 5 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Slavin Cindrić (1901 – 28 April 1942) was a Croatian footballer. He was born in Timişoara.
Cindrić was one of the few players who had spells with all three Zagreb-based clubs which were prominent in the interwar period - Concordia, Građanski and HAŠK. With Građanski he won three Yugoslav championships, in 1923, 1926 and 1928, and appeared in the 1928 Mitropa Cup quarter-finals.
He is mainly known for being the first player to score a hat-trick for Yugoslavia in a friendly game against Bulgaria held on 30 May 1926. After being 1–0 down at half-time, Cindrić came on as a substitute for Stevan Luburić and scored three goals in the 75th, 83rd and 87th minute at what is today Stadion Maksimir.[1] This proved to be his only goals in his international career which saw him earn five caps for Yugoslavia, including his debut in Yugoslavia's first ever international game, a 7–0 defeat versus Czechoslovakia on 28 August 1920[2] (he was one of four Croats who appeared in the game, alongside Dragutin Vrđuka, Rudolf Rupec and Artur Dubravčić).
Cindrić was called up to represent the country for the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and he also played 13 games for Zagreb XI in the period between 1920 and 1928. His last international match was on 29 May 1928 against Portugal at the 1928 Olympic tournament in Amsterdam,[3] and he retired from active football in 1930, at the age of 29. He died of pneumonia in April 1942 in Zagreb.
References
- ^ "Statistika utakmica reprezentacije" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Antwerp 1920, Yugoslavia-Czechoslovakia match report". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ "Statistika utakmica reprezentacije" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
External links
- Slavin Cindrić – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Slavin Cindrić at the Serbia national football team website Template:Sr icon
- Slavin Cindrić at Sports-Reference.com
- Croatian football biography stubs
- 1901 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Timişoara
- Croatian footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Concordia Zagreb players
- Građanski Zagreb players
- HAŠK players
- Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Deaths from pneumonia