Branko Zina ( Horv. Branko Zinaja ; September 28, 1895 , Varazdin , Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia , Austria-Hungary - September 20, 1949 , Opatija , FPRY ) - Yugoslav Croatian footballer , striker . Participant in the 1924 Olympics . The younger brother of Dushan Zinai .
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| Born | September 28, 1895 Varazdin , Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia , Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Died | September 20, 1949 (53 years old) Opatija , FPRY | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship |   Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||
| Position | attack | ||||||||||||
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Career
Club
He spent his entire playing career in the Zagreb club HASHK . [one]
Team
As part of the main national team of the Kingdom of the CXS, he made his debut on October 28, 1921 in a friendly match in Prague with the Czechoslovakian team , in which Branko scored his first goal for the national team, however, his team lost 1: 6. The last time he played for the national team was on June 10, 1923 in a friendly match with the Romanian national team in Bucharest , moreover, his elder brother Dusan also participated in this match, which went down in history as the first time that he was on the field as part of the national team of Yugoslavia (Kingdom of CXC) two brothers played at the same time. [1] He scored the last goal in the 86th minute of a friendly match with the Polish national team in Krakow , this goal was a victory for his team, which scored 2-1 with their first away victory in their history. He was in the team’s application at the 1924 Olympics , [2] however, he didn’t enter the field. In total, he spent 6 matches for the main national team of the country, in which he scored 4 goals. [3]
After a career
Branco was a tax inspector by profession. Branko Zinaya died on the 54th year of his life on September 20, 1949 in the city of Opatija . [one]