Full name: Tomislav CrnkoviÄ
Other name(s): ТомиÑлав ЦÑнковиÑ
Nickname(s): Crni
Gender: Male
Born: June 17, 1929 in Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro
Died: January 17, 2009 in Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Affiliations: Dinamo Zagreb, Zagreb (CRO)
Country: Yugoslavia
Sport: Football
Medals: 1 Silver (1 Total)
Montenegro-born Tomislav CrnkoviÄ played most of his career for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb (1949-1960). With the "Blues", he won two Yugoslav titles (1954, 1958) and two cups (1951 and 1960). Quite inexperienced, the defender was nevertheless selected to play for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Olympics, and won a silver medals. CrnkoviÄ also joined Yugoslavia's campaign at the 1954 and 1958 World Cups, in which Yugoslavia was both times eliminated at the quarter-final stage by West Germany. In all, CrnkoviÄ won 51 caps for Yugoslavia. He closed out his career in Austria ([LASK]) and Switzerland ([Servette]), and retired following a serious meniscus injury. Tomislav CrnkoviÄ had the reputation of a skirt-chaser, and married 5 times. In 2006, )Crni) ()black)) was the first chairman of the Croatian Athletes Federation. |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
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1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Men's Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | 2 | Silver |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | Date | Result | G | YC | RC |
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1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | Final Standings | 2 | 1952-07-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | Final Round | Match 1/2 | 2 | 1952-08-02 | HUN 2, YUG 0 | 0 | ||
1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | Semi-Finals | Match #2 | 1 | 1952-07-29 | YUG 3, GER 1 | 0 | ||
1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | Quarter-Finals | Match #4 | 1 | 1952-07-25 | YUG 5, DEN 3 | 0 | ||
1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | Round One | Match #3 | 1T | 1952-07-20 | YUG 5, URS 5 | 0 | ||
1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | Round One | Replay #1 | 1 | 1952-07-22 | YUG 3, URS 1 | 0 | ||
1952 Summer | 23 | Helsinki | Football | Yugoslavia | YUG | Qualifying Round | Match #1 | 1 | 1952-07-15 | YUG 10, IND 1 | 0 |