About Franjo Šoštarić
Lived 1919 – 1975 (aged 56). Franjo Šoštarić was a Croatian and Yugoslav association football player.
Franjo Šoštarić (1 August 1919 – 27 August 1975) was a Croatian footballer who competed internationally for Yugoslavia.
Club career Born in Zagreb, he started playing with HAŠK before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1942 where he became the substitute of Franjo Glaser for the following 3 seasons. With Građanski he won one Croatian championship and two championships of the Zagreb Subassociation.
In 1945 he moved to Belgrade and joined FK Partizan where he would play until 1949 making a total of 239 appearances (84 of which in the league) and win two Yugoslav championships, in 1947 and 1949, and one Yugoslav Cup, in 1947.
International career Šoštarić made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1946 Balkan Cup match against Romania and earned a total of 18 caps, scoring no goals. He was part of the Yugoslav squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics where Yugoslavia won the silver. His final international was a June 1951 friendly match against Switzerland.
Honours Club Građanski Zagreb Croatian championship: 1943
Partizan Yugoslav First League: 1946–47, 1948–49 Yugoslav Cup: 1947
National team Yugoslavia 1948 Summer Olympics: Silver
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Who was Franjo Šoštarić?
Croatian footballer (1919-1975)
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Franjo Šoštarić was born on 1 August 1919 in Zagreb.
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Franjo Šoštarić died on 27 August 1975 in Belgrade.
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Franjo Šoštarić was an association football player.
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Franjo Šoštarić was Croatian and Yugoslav.
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