Antun Lokošek

Antun Lokošek (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎntuːn lǒkoʃek];[1][2] born 2 January 1920) was a Croatian footballer who played for several clubs in Yugoslavia. During his career, he also played one match for the short lived Croatia national football team during the 1940s.[3] He recorded only a single cap at national level, scoring in his only appearance against Slovakia in a 7–3 victory.[4][5]

Antun Lokošek
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-01-02)2 January 1920
Place of birth Celje, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death 1994
Place of death Split, Croatia
Playing position(s) Forward or
midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–194x Slavija Osijek
194x–1943 Zagorac Varaždin
1943–1944 Građanski Zagreb 9 (6)
1946–1947 Hajduk Split
1947–1948 Naša Krila Zemun
1948–1950 Lokomotiva Zagreb
195x–1953 Kvarner Rijeka
National team
1944 Croatia 1 (1)
Teams managed
1953–1954 Kvarner Rijeka
Orkan Dugi Rat
Jugovinil Kaštel Gomilica
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Born in Celje, he played with Slavija Osijek and Slavija Varaždin before joining Građanski Zagreb in 1943. He was first registered for Slavija Osijek at March 1937.[6] At the end of World War II he moved to Hajduk Split. In 1947 he played the Yugoslav Cup final with FK Naša Krila Zemun.[7] Later between 1948 and 1950 he played with NK Lokomotiva. After retiring, he became a coach, and coached NK Orkan and NK Jugovinil. He died in Split in 1944.[8]

In 1946 he joined HNK Hajduk Split[9] Later, he played with NK Lokomotiva and HNK Rijeka, known as Kvarner back then, where he finished his career in 1953.[10]

He graduated in the coaching academy in Zagreb, and became coach of Kvarner in season 1953–54, immediately after retiring from his playing career. Then he moved to Split and coached NK Orkan Dugi Rat and Jugovinil Kaštel Gomilica.[10]

References
  1. "Àntūn". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Àntūn
  2. "Lóvro". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Lòkošek
  3. Antun Lokošek at hrnogomet.com
  4. Croatia - International matches
  5. Croatia vs Slovakia Archived 7 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Sportista, n1034, Belgrade 31 March 1937, page 3
  7. Yugoslac Cup final details at RSSSF
  8. Antun Lokošek at Povijest Dinama (in Croatian)
  9. 1946 sezona at Hajdukhistory
  10. ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014), page 116
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