Ante Žaja

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Ante Žaja
Personal information
Full name Ante Žaja
Date of birth (1941-11-18) 18 November 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth Šibenik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961 Šibenik
1961–1969 Hajduk Split 87 (5)
1969–1970 Zagreb
Total 87 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ante Žaja (born 18 November 1941) is a retired Croatian footballer.

Career[edit]

Žaja began playing football in his home town of Šibenik with the club HNK Šibenik in 1957. In 1961, he moved to Hajduk Split, where he won the Yugoslav Cup in 1966-67.[1][2] It is considered a legend of Šibenik and Hajduk Split.[3]

In 2001 he won the "Matija Ljubek" career Award from the Croatian Olympic Committee.[4]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Hajduk Split

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PRIJE 50 GODINA HAJDUK JE OSVOJIO PRVI KUP U POVIJESTI". hajduk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. ^ "SPLIĆANI SE OKRENULI ISTORIJI Hajduk proslavio pola veka od osvajanja prvog Kup maršala Tita" (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. ^ "Ante Žaja, legenda Šubićevca i Starog placa: I mladi Schmeichel će kapitulirat poput ćaće" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  4. ^ "Nagrada HOO-a Matija Ljubek 2001". hoo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-06-30.

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