Babich, Dragutin

Club

He played as part of the Gradjanski club, was the captain of the team, with whom he became the champion and once the vice-champion of Yugoslavia (Kingdom of the CXC) three times, participated in the 1/4 finals of the Mitropa Cup in 1928, where his team totaled two meetings lost to the Czechoslovak “ Victoria ” with a total score of 4: 8 (3: 2 at home and 1: 6 at the exit) ^[1] . Then he played for another Concordia club in Zagreb, in which he played until the end of his career as a player in 1931, becoming during this time, together with the team, once a champion and once a vice-champion of the country. In addition, from 1922 to 1926, he played in the Zagreb national team, for which he spent 14 matches ^[2] .

Team

As part of the Kingdom’s main national team, the CXC made its debut on October 28, 1921 in a friendly match with the Czechoslovak team in Prague , in which his team was defeated 1: 6 ^[3] , and last played for the national team on April 19, 1931 in in Belgrade, the match of the Balkan Cup against the national team of Bulgaria , in which his team won 1-0 ^[4] , and in the end, the Yugoslavs took 2nd place in the Cup ^[5] . The first goal in the national team scored on October 28, 1923 in a friendly match with the national team of Czechoslovakia in Zagreb, the goal of Dragutin was the 4th and last goal of the team in the match, which ended in a draw with a score 4: 4, and scored the second and last goal On April 8, 1928, in a friendly match held in Zagreb with the Turkish national team , in which his team won 2-1, in addition, his younger brother Nicola made his debut in the national team, which went down in history as the second time in the national team of Yugoslavia (Kingdom of CX) ) On the two brothers were playing at the same time (the first were brothers Branko and Dusan Zinaya in 1923) ^[2] . He played in the only match at the 1924 Olympics , where his team lost to the future winners of the Uruguay national team with a score of 0: 7 ^[6] , and at the 1928 Olympics he was in the team’s application ^[7] , however, he didn’t enter the field. In total, he spent 10 matches for the country's main team, in which he scored 2 goals ^[2] .

Dragutin Babich died in 1945 ^[2] .

Team

Team

• Silver medalist of the Balkan Cup (1): 1929/31

Club

• Champion of the Kingdom of CXC / Yugoslavia : (4): 1923, 1926, 1928 ( all from Gradjanski ), 1930 ( Concordia )
• Vice-champion of the Kingdom of CXC / Yugoslavia (2): 1925 ( Gradjanski ), 1930/31 ( Concordia )

• Dragutin Babich - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
• Profile on FIFA.com
• Player profile on EU-Football.info
• National Football Teams profile