 Zinaja during skiing competition (1922) in Zakopane, Poland | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1893-10-23)23 October 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 26 September 1948(1948-09-26) (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Poklek, Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1923 | HAŠK | ||
| International career | |||
| 1923 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1924–1925 | Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dušan Zinaja (23 October 1893 – 26 September 1948) was a Croatian and Yugoslav cross-country skier and football striker and coach.
Zinaja was born in Budapest (at the time Austria-Hungary). He was member of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes team at the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix where he took part in both cross-country skiing events.
Football career
Zinaja spent his entire career with HAŠK (Croatian Academic & Sports Club). As member of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes national football team, he has played only once, on 10 June 1923 in Bucharest against Romania.
Zinaja became first player in Yugoslav football history to be appointed a national team coach.
He led national team as coach from 28 September 1924 to 4 November 1925, during which time team of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes played three matches.
Death
Zinaja died on 26 September 1948 in a traffic accident near the village of Poklek on Mt. Žumberak, near Zagreb, Croatia (at the time FPR Yugoslavia).
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dušan Zinaja". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
External links
- Dušan Zinaja at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dušan Zinaja at EU-Football.info
- Dušan Zinaja at Olympedia
- Dušan Zinaja at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Olimpics in Croatia, Libera Editio d.o.o., 2007
- 1893 births
- 1948 deaths
- Skiers from Budapest
- Footballers from Budapest
- Men's association football forwards
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- HAŠK players
- Yugoslav football managers
- Yugoslavia national football team managers
- Croatian male cross-country skiers
- Yugoslav male cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers for Yugoslavia
- Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Road incident deaths in Yugoslavia