About Dragutin Vrđuka
Lived 1895 – 1948 (aged 52). Dragutin Vrđuka was a Yugoslav association football player.
Dragutin Vrđuka (3 April 1895 – 23 January 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper. He was the first goalkeeper of the Yugoslavia national football team.
He played 15 games for the city squad of Zagreb, and seven games for the national team. On the club level he played for Građanski Zagreb. He died on 23 January 1948 from tuberculosis.
International career Vrđuka made his debut for Yugoslavia in an August 1920 Olympic Games match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. He played at both the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. His final international was in May 1924 at that latter tournament against Uruguay. Remarkably, he both lost his first and last international game 7-0.
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Who was Dragutin Vrđuka?
Yugoslavian footballer (1895-1948)
When was Dragutin Vrđuka born?
Dragutin Vrđuka was born on 3 April 1895 in Zagreb.
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Dragutin Vrđuka died on 23 January 1948 in Zagreb.
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Dragutin Vrđuka was an association football player.
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Dragutin Vrđuka was Yugoslav.
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