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and was signed by Dinamo Zagreb in 1959, at the age of eighteen. He stayed with the
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532:(in Croatian). Sportske novosti. 29 October 2020
498:Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
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460:References
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351:Junak Sinj
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196:Waregem
105:Forward
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938:Pavlić
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