Milan Antolkovic
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Milan Antolković was a Croatian
Croats
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 footballer who played international football for the both the Croatian
Croatia national football team
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 and Royal Yugoslav
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...

 national teams.

He began his career with NK Maksimir
NK Maksimir
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 before moving to Građanski Zagreb in 1932. He also had a short spell with SK Bata Borovo
HNK Borovo
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 in 1933. He played with Građanski as a striker until its disbanding in 1945.

During his international career with the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he was capped 8 times, scoring one goal. During the existence of the Independent State of Croatia
Independent State of Croatia
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 he was capped for the Croatian national team 10 times, scoring three goals.

He was later a manager. His most famous managerial work may have been with Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
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 with whom he won the Yugoslav Cup
Yugoslav Cup
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 in 1960 and took to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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 finals in 1963. He won the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport
Franjo Bucar State Award for Sport
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 in 2003. He also coached SW Bregenz and SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin.

External sources

  • Milan Antolković at the Serbia national football team
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     website
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