Svemir Delić
Personal information
Full name Svemir Delić
Date of birth (1929-09-14)14 September 1929
Place of birth Sinj, Split Oblast,
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Date of death 3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 87)
Place of death Split, Croatia
Position(s) Right-back, centre-back
Youth career
Junak Sinj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1949 Junak Sinj
1949–1952 Dinamo Zagreb 40 (0)
1952–1954 Hajduk Split 13 (0)
1955–1959 NK Zagreb
International career
1951 Yugoslavia B 1 (0)
1956 PR Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Svemir Delić (14 September 1929 – 3 January 2017), nicknamed Cico,[1] was a Croatian footballer who played as a defender and made one appearance for the Croatia national team.[2][3]

International career

Delić earned his first and only cap for Croatia in the team's 1956 friendly match against Indonesia. The fixture, which was played on 12 September in Zagreb, finished as a 5–2 win for Croatia.[4]

Personal life

Delić's brother Mladen was a prominent Croatian sports commentator.[5] Svemir was married to Mirjana for over 60 years,[1] and died on 3 January 2017 in Split at the age of 87.[6]

Career statistics

International

PR Croatia[4]
YearAppsGoals
195610
Total10

References

  1. 1 2 Babić, Vedran (17 November 2015). "Svemir Delić: Mi smo bili sirotinja, igrali smo za ljubav" [Svemir Delić: We were poor, we played for love]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. "Svemir Delić". Croatian Football Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. "Svemir Delić". HNK Hajduk Split. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Svemir Delić". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. "U utorak ispraćaj Svemira Delića" [Funeral for Svemir Delić on Tuesday]. GNK Dinamo Zagreb (in Croatian). 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. Gizdić, Jurica (8 January 2017). "Preminuo Svemir Delić" [Svemir Delić died]. HNK Hajduk Split (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.


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