Ivan Jazbinšek was a Croatian

Croats

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Football (soccer)

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Club career

Jazbinšek started his career with Zagreb

Zagreb

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 sides, ŠK Meteor and ŠK Policijski. After a short stint at BSK Beograd, he moved to top club HŠK Građanski Zagreb in 1935.

With Građanski he won the 1937 and 1940 Yugoslav First League

Yugoslav First League

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 season, the 1943 Croatian First League

Croatian First League

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 and the 1948 Yugoslav Federal League

Yugoslav First League

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. He stayed with Građanski until its disbanding by the communist regime in 1945.

Jazbinšek later played for Metalac Zagreb and Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

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International career

Jazbinšek played seven time for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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. After its demise, he played eighteen matches for Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

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Managerial career

After his playing career he became a manager at NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

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. He then moved on to become Dinamo's coach and won the Yugoslav Federal League in 1954.

External links

• Profile at Serbian federation official site