Slavko Beda was a Croatian

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 footballer who played internationally for the Croatian national team

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He started his career with Concordia Zagreb in 1939 and stayed with the club until its disbanding
by the communist Yugoslav regime in 1945. He was champion of the Croatian First League

Croatian First League

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 with Concordia in 1942.

Internationally, he was capped once for Croatia in a match against Slovakia

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in 1941.