Gordan Irović

{{Short description|Yugoslav footballer (1934–1995)}}

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| name = Gordan Irović

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|07|02|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Herceg Novi,[http://www.parapsihopatologija.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17024&page=1 Album Naši nogometaši 1961] Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|05|26|1934|07|02|df=y}}

| death_place = Munich, Germany

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| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1953-1956 | clubs1 = Velež Mostar | caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1957-1963 | clubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb | caps2 = 93 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1963-1964 | clubs3 = SV Phönix 03 Ludwigshafen

| years4 = 1964-1965 | clubs4 = SV Südwest Ludwigshafen

| years5 = 1965 | clubs5 = Ludwigshafener SC

| years6 = 1966 | clubs6 = FSV Oggersheim

| years7 = 1966 | clubs7 = Wacker Innsbruck | caps7 = 8 |goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1966-1968 | clubs8 = WSG Radenthein

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| manageryears1 = 1972 | managerclubs1 = Toronto Croatia

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Gordan Irović (2 July 1934 – 26 May 1995) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper who was a member of the Yugoslavia national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web |title=1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™ |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=15/teams/team=43975.html |website=FIFA.com |accessdate=30 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827232538/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=15/teams/team=43975.html |archivedate=27 August 2012}} However, he never earned a cap for his country.

Club career

With Dinamo Zagreb, Irović won the 1958 Yugoslav league title and three domestic cups in the 1960s. After a few years in Germany,[https://www.kicker.de/gordan-irovic/spieler Profile] - Kicker he joined Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck in 1966, only to lose his place between the posts to Leo Tschenett.[https://www.tivoli12.at/news/123-geschichte/portraits/1246-irovic-gordan.html Profile] - Tivoli12 {{in lang|de}}

Managerial career

Irović was the head coach for Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League in 1972.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=May 1, 1972|title=Blaskovic broke ice then leg in '72 soccer season opener|page=S4|work=The Globe and Mail}}

Personal life

=Death=

Nicknamed Kamikaze, due to his habit of throwing himself at attackers, he died in 1995 [http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/popis-igra%C4%8Da/gordan-irovi%C4%87.html Biografija (bio)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910150828/http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/popis-igra%C4%8Da/gordan-irovi%C4%87.html |date=2019-09-10 }} - GNK Dinamo {{in lang|hr}}

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