Ivo Šuprina

{{Short description|Croatian footballer (1921–1988)}}

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|name = Ivo Šuprina

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|fullname = Ivan Šuprina

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|10|1|df=y}}

|birth_place = Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|7|13|1921|10|1|df=y}}

|height =

|position = Striker

|years1 = 1938–1944

|clubs1 = Građanski Zagreb

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1945–1946

|clubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb

|caps2 =

|goals2 =

|years3 = 1946–1947

|clubs3 = Lyon

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|goals3 =

|years4 = 1947–1948

|clubs4 = Strasbourg

|caps4 = 18

|goals4 = 10

|years5 = 1948–1951

|clubs5 = Napoli

|caps5 = 64

|goals5 = 21

|totalcaps =

|totalgoals =

|nationalyears1 = 1940

|nationalteam1 = Banovina of Croatia

|nationalcaps1 = 3

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 1943

|nationalteam2 = Independent State of Croatia

|nationalcaps2 = 1

|nationalgoals2 = 0

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Ivan "Ivo" Šuprina (1 October 1921 – 13 July 1988La Provincia, 14 July 1988, page 11Il Mattino, 14 July 1988) was a Croatian international footballer who professionally throughout Europe as a striker during the 1940s.

Career

Born in Zagreb, Šuprina began his career in his native Croatia for hometown clubs Građanski Zagreb and Dinamo Zagreb. He later played in France for Lyon and Strasbourg; during his time in France he was known as Yvon Šuprina'.{{cite web|url=http://www.racingstub.com/fiche/pe/508-yvon-suprina/fiche|title=Yvon SUPRINA|date=October 1921 |accessdate=29 November 2010|publisher=RacingStub.com|language=fr}} Šuprina also played in Italy for Napoli.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/apolides-in-it.html|title="Apolides" in Italy|website=RSSSF|accessdate=29 November 2010}}

International career

Šuprina made his debut for the Banovina of Croatia in an April 1940 friendly match against Switzerland and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He played the last one of these games under the flag of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20425|title=Player profile|accessdate=29 November 2010|publisher=EU-Football.info}}

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