Ratko Kacian

{{Short description|Croatian footballer (1917–1949)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ratko Kacian

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|1|18|df=yes}}{{cite web|url = https://www.hoo.hr/hr/sportasi/biografije-sportasa?filterime=&filterprezime=&idsportas=&filtersport=18&filternatjecanja=&idsportas=20258|title = Ratko Kacian|date = 11 May 2017|publisher = Croatian Olympic Committee|access-date = 14 September 2017|archive-date = 15 September 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023614/https://www.hoo.hr/hr/sportasi/biografije-sportasa?filterime=&filterprezime=&idsportas=&filtersport=18&filternatjecanja=&idsportas=20258|url-status = dead}}

| birth_place = Zadar, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|6|18|1917|1|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia

| position = Striker

| youthyears1=| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs1 = ŠK Primorac | youthclubs2 =NK Osvit

| years1 = 1936–1939 | years2 = 1939–1941 | years3 = 1941–1945 | years4 = 1945–1949

| clubs1 = HAŠK | clubs2 = Hajduk Split | clubs3 = HAŠK | clubs4 =Dinamo Zagreb

| caps1= | goals1 = | caps2 =21 | goals2 =21 | caps4 = 53 | goals4 = 15

| nationalyears1 = 1940 |nationalteam1 = Banovina of Croatia | nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1941–1943|nationalteam2 = Independent State of Croatia| nationalcaps2 = 9 |nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1946 |nationalteam3 = Yugoslavia | nationalcaps3 = 1 |nationalgoals3 = 0

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalCountry | {{YUG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}{{MedalSilver | 1948 London | Team}}

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Ratko Kacian ({{IPA|hr|râtko kǎtsiaːn}};{{cite web|url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=dltkWBc%3D|title=rȁt|quote=Rȁtko|website=Hrvatski jezični portal|accessdate=2018-03-17|language=sh}}{{cite web|url=http://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=elxvUBY%3D&keyword=Kocijan|title=Kòcijān|quote=Kàciān|website=Hrvatski jezični portal|accessdate=2018-03-17|language=sh}} 18 January 1917 – 18 June 1949; spelled Kacijan in some sources) was a Croatian and Yugoslav footballer. He played internationally for the wartime Independent State of Croatia team from 1940 to 1943 and for the Yugoslavia national team in 1946.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html Players Appearing for Two or More Countries] He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, without appearing in any matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700607 |title=Ratko Kacian |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}