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Domagoj Kapetanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-01-30)30 January 1926
Place of birth Ljubuški, Kingdom of SCS
Date of death January 2005 (aged 78–79)
Place of death Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder [1]
Youth career
Concordija
1938–1945 Građanski
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
1946–1947 Partizan [2] 0 (0)
1947–1952 Lokomotiva
1952–1954 Dinamo Zagreb
1955–1959 Metalac
Managerial career
1965–1966 Velež Mostar
1967–1968 Zagreb
1968–1971 OFI Crete
1973 Dinamo Zagreb
1975 Al-Ahly
1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia
1976–1977 Osijek
1978 Toronto Metros-Croatia
1980–1985 Sydney United
1985–1988 Melbourne Croatia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Domagoj Kapetanović (30 January 1926 – 2005) was a Yugoslav football player and manager best known for winning the 1976 NASL Championship with Toronto Metros-Croatia.

Playing career

Kapetanović started his playing career with Građanski. After the club was disbanded by a decree of the communist authorities in 1945, he was one of several Građanski players who went on to join the Belgrade-based FK Partizan, along with Franjo Glaser, Zlatko Čajkovski, Stjepan Bobek, Miroslav Brozović and others. [3] [4] He also played for NK Lokomotiva, Dinamo Zagreb and Metalac.

Managerial career

As manager, he coached Dinamo Zagreb in 1973, and several Croat clubs abroad, such as Toronto Metros-Croatia in Canada and Croatia Sydney in Australia. With Toronto, he won the Soccer Bowl '76. [5]

References

  1. ^ Domagoj Kapetanović at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ All-time player stats; Kapetanovic #399 Archived 7 September 2012 at archive.today at FK Partizan official website, citing: "Total: 13 friendly matches 0 goals"
  3. ^ Reić, Zdravko (21 February 2009). "Zašto Dinamo uoči svakog derbija "pumpa" svoju povijest". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  4. ^ Židak, Tomislav (21 February 2009). "'Crna' ovca plavog kluba". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  5. ^ FELJTON: Hercegovac za Hrvatsku diše (1) – Domagoj Kapetanović - Dnevno (in Bosnian)