Ante Žanetić

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ante Žanetić

| image = Antezaneticzalante.jpg

| fullname = Ante Žanetić Zalante

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|11|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Blato, Korčula, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2014|12|18|1936|11|18}}

| death_place = Wollongong, Australia

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1946–1953

| youthclubs1 = BŠK Zmaj Blato

| years1 = 1953–1954

| years2 = 1954–1961

| years3 = 1961–1964

| years4 = 1964–1966

| clubs1 = GOŠK Dubrovnik

| clubs2 = Hajduk Split

| clubs3 = Club Brugge K.V.

| clubs4 = Racing White

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| caps2 = 114

| goals2 = 11

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 1

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1956

| nationalyears2 = 1959–1960

| nationalteam1 = PR Croatia

| nationalteam2 = Yugoslavia

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalcaps2 = 15

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{YUG}} }}

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Ante Žanetić (18 November 1936 – 18 December 2014) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

During his club career he played for NK Hajduk Split, Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.

Žanetić later decided to leave Yugoslavia in order to play football in west Europe."Ante Žanetić", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004. He abandoned the Hajduk Split squad while the team was in Germany in 1961 and moved to Belgium where he played for Club Brugge K.V. and Racing White.{{Cite web |url=http://amac.hrvati-amac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=291&Itemid=119 |title=Ante Žanetić: I write this for all football lovers, but especially for Hajduk's young Torcida |access-date=2 July 2008 |archive-date=13 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213051008/http://amac.hrvati-amac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=291&Itemid=119 |url-status=dead }} He subsequently emigrated to Australia. He died there in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/umro-ante-zanetic/1257986/ |title=Umro Ante Žanetić - Jutarnji.hr |access-date=18 December 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173704/http://www.jutarnji.hr/umro-ante-zanetic/1257986/ |url-status=dead }}

International career

Žanetić earned 15 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup and on the Yugoslavian team that won the 1960 Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28009 |title=Ante Žanetić |work=Olympedia |access-date=10 December 2021}} He also played a friendly match for the PR Croatia national team against Indonesia. His final international was a September 1960 Olympic Games match against Denmark.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=23305|title=Player Database|accessdate=28 January 2023|website=EU-football}}

References

External links

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For infobox club stats: {{cite web |url=http://www.reprezentacija.rs/zanetic-ante/ |title=Žanetić Ante |website=reprezentacija.rs |date=28 January 2010 |access-date=27 April 2021}}

Category:1936 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:People from Korčula

Category:Sportspeople from Dubrovnik-Neretva County

Category:Croatian emigrants to Australia

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Croatian men's footballers

Category:Yugoslav men's footballers

Category:Yugoslavia men's international footballers

Category:Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia

Category:Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia