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Ivica Horvat
Ivan "Ivica" Horvat (16 July 1926 – 27 August 2012) was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football player and manager.
He spent most of his playing career in the 1940s and 1950s with Dinamo Zagreb, with whom he won two Federal League championships of Yugoslavia and one Marshal Tito Cup. Regarded as one of the best defenders in the country at the time, Horvat also earned 60 international caps for Yugoslavia, and was part of the national squad at the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, as well as the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, where they were silver medalists.
In 1957 he went abroad to join Eintracht Frankfurt, helping them win their first and only West German championship in 1959 before retiring from active football. He spent the next two decades working in club management, notably leading Dinamo Zagreb to their historic 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup win, and also winning the 1972 DFB-Pokal with Schalke 04, the German club's first domestic trophy after a 14-year drought.
Horvat played from 1945 until 1957 for Dinamo Zagreb. In his last season with Dinamo he also appeared in three matches for Zagreb XI in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1956–57.
In 1957 he moved to West Germany, to join Eintracht Frankfurt, where he stayed for two seasons. In his first season, under coach Adolf Patek, Eintracht finished third in the regional 1957–58 Oberliga Süd. In the following year, this time under Paul Oßwald, the club won the 1958–59 Oberliga title and went on to win the 1959 German football championship playoff, although Horvat did not play in the historic final in Berlin, which pitched Eintracht against Kickers Offenbach coached by Horvat's former manager at Dinamo Bogdan Cuvaj.
In the Yugoslavia national team Horvat appeared from 1946 until 1956 in 60 fixtures. He took part in the World Cup in 1950 and 1954.
He also played with the Yugoslav team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and won the silver medal. In the final, Yugoslavia lost to the rising star of the 1950s, Hungary.
In the quarterfinals of the 1954 World Cup the Plavi lost due to an own goal from Horvat with 0–1. This goal was scored in the 10th minute and remained the fastest own goal in World Cup history until 2006 the Paraguayan Carlos Gamarra hit between his own posts against England after three minutes.
Ivica Horvat
Ivan "Ivica" Horvat (16 July 1926 – 27 August 2012) was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football player and manager.
He spent most of his playing career in the 1940s and 1950s with Dinamo Zagreb, with whom he won two Federal League championships of Yugoslavia and one Marshal Tito Cup. Regarded as one of the best defenders in the country at the time, Horvat also earned 60 international caps for Yugoslavia, and was part of the national squad at the 1950 and 1954 World Cups, as well as the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, where they were silver medalists.
In 1957 he went abroad to join Eintracht Frankfurt, helping them win their first and only West German championship in 1959 before retiring from active football. He spent the next two decades working in club management, notably leading Dinamo Zagreb to their historic 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup win, and also winning the 1972 DFB-Pokal with Schalke 04, the German club's first domestic trophy after a 14-year drought.
Horvat played from 1945 until 1957 for Dinamo Zagreb. In his last season with Dinamo he also appeared in three matches for Zagreb XI in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1956–57.
In 1957 he moved to West Germany, to join Eintracht Frankfurt, where he stayed for two seasons. In his first season, under coach Adolf Patek, Eintracht finished third in the regional 1957–58 Oberliga Süd. In the following year, this time under Paul Oßwald, the club won the 1958–59 Oberliga title and went on to win the 1959 German football championship playoff, although Horvat did not play in the historic final in Berlin, which pitched Eintracht against Kickers Offenbach coached by Horvat's former manager at Dinamo Bogdan Cuvaj.
In the Yugoslavia national team Horvat appeared from 1946 until 1956 in 60 fixtures. He took part in the World Cup in 1950 and 1954.
He also played with the Yugoslav team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and won the silver medal. In the final, Yugoslavia lost to the rising star of the 1950s, Hungary.
In the quarterfinals of the 1954 World Cup the Plavi lost due to an own goal from Horvat with 0–1. This goal was scored in the 10th minute and remained the fastest own goal in World Cup history until 2006 the Paraguayan Carlos Gamarra hit between his own posts against England after three minutes.