Slavin Cindrić was a Croatian

Croats

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 footballer. He was born in Timişoara

Timisoara

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Cindrić was one of the few players who had spells with all three Zagreb-based clubs which were prominent in the interwar period

Interwar period

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 - Concordia

HŠK Concordia

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, Građanski and HAŠK

HAŠK

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. With Građanski he won three Yugoslav championships

Yugoslav First League

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, in 1923, 1926 and 1928, and appeared in the 1928 Mitropa Cup

Mitropa Cup 1928

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 quarter-finals.

He is mainly known for being the first player to score a hat-trick

Hat-trick

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 for Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia national football team

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 in a friendly game against Bulgaria

Bulgaria national football team

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 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. 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

Czechoslovakia national football team

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 on 28 August 1920 (he was one of four Croats who appeared in the game, alongside Dragutin Vrđuka, Rudolf Rupec

Rudolf Rupec

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 and Artur Dubravčić

Artur Dubravčić

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Cindrić was called up to represent the country for the 1920

1920 Summer Olympics

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, 1924

1924 Summer Olympics

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 and 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

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 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

Portugal national football team

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 at the 1928 Olympic tournament in Amsterdam

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, and he retired from active football in 1930, at the age of 29. He died of pneumonia

Pneumonia

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 in April 1942 in Zagreb

Zagreb

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External links

• Slavin Cindrić at the Serbia national football team
  Serbia national football team
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• Slavin Cindrić at Sports-Reference.com