Mladen Koščak

Mladen Košćak (16 October 1936 – 3 August 1997) was a Croatian footballer. Born in Zagreb, Košćak joined the youth academy of local side Dinamo Zagreb, with whom he spent his entire career.[1] He started playing at full professional level in the 1955–56 season. Košćak soon established himself as a first-team regular and was instrumental in Dinamo's 1957–58 Yugoslav First League title.

Mladen Košćak
Personal information
Date of birth 16 October 1936
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 3 August 1997(1997-08-03) (aged 60)
Place of death Zagreb, Croatia
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1963 Dinamo Zagreb 76 (0)
National team
1956 Yugoslavia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Internationally, he was capped 4 times for the Yugoslavia national football team and was member of the national squad which won the silver medal at the 1956 Olympic tournament in Melbourne. Although he was considered a huge talent, his career was hampered by a serious injury and he effectively stopped playing by 1960, appearing in only a single match in his last three years with the club before retiring in 1963.[1]

References
  1. "Košćak Mladen". Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 July 2010.


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