Bernard Vukas
Bernard Vukas (1 May 1927 – 4 April 1983) was a Croatian footballer who played for Yugoslavia.
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| Full name | Bernard Vukas | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 April 1983 (aged 55) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger/Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938–1945 | Concordia Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1945–1946 | Amater Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | NK Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1957 | Hajduk Split | 202 | (89) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Bologna | 45 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1963 | Hajduk Split | 65 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1963 | Austria Klagenfurt | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Grazer AK | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | Kapfenberger SV | 32 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 388 | (101) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1957 | Yugoslavia | 59 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vukas played as a left winger/forward and is mostly remembered for his extraordinary dribbling ability. In 2000, he was voted by the Croatian Football Federation as the best Croatian player of all time, and in a poll by Večernji List, he was voted the best Croatian athlete of the 20th century.
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