Vjekoslav Škrinjar

{{short description|Croatian footballer}}

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| birth_place = Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia

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|position=Midfielder

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| clubs1 = BSK Slavonski Brod | clubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb | clubs3 = NK Zagreb | clubs4 = Croatia Zagreb | clubs5 = Gamba Osaka | clubs6 = Zagreb | clubs7 = Segesta | clubs8 = Mainz

|caps2= 36 | goals2 = 1 | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 48 | goals4 = 5 | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 3 | caps6 = 51 | goals6 = 9 | caps8 = 41 | goals8 = 0

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Vjekoslav Škrinjar (born 2 June 1969) is a Croatian retired football player.

Career

Škrinjar joined BSK Slavonski Brod from Borac Podvinje at age 12 and moved on to Yugoslav powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb for whom he played over 200 matches and won the domestic league and cup.[https://www.brodportal.hr/clanak/brodanin-vjekoslav-skrinjar-bivsi-igrac-zagrebackog-dinama-prisjetio-se-bogate-nogometne-karijere-26094 Brođanin Vjekoslav Škrinjar, bivši igrač zagrebačkog Dinama, prisjetio se bogate nogometne karijere] - Brodportal {{in lang|hr}} He was on the pitch for the infamous Dinamo-Red Star Belgrade football riot in May 1990 that possibly ignited the beginning of the end for the Yugoslav First League.[https://sportklub.n1info.hr/nogomet/hrvatska-nogomet/skrinjar-o-13-svibnja-znali-smo-da-se-nece-odigrati/ Škrinjar o 13. svibnja: Znali smo da se neće odigrati] - Sportklub {{in lang|hr}}

He finished his career in the German second tier playing for FSV Mainz.[http://www.fsv05.de/spieler/skrinjar.html Profile] - FSV Mainz

Post-playing career

Škrinjar went into construction and agricultural businesses after retiring as a player and also owns a hotel in Mandre, Pag.

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