Bernard Vukas

Bernard Vukas ( born May 1, 1927 in Zagreb, † April 4, 1983 ibid ), nicknamed Bajdo was a Yugoslav football player. After his death he was buried in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb.

Clubs

National

Vukas played 59 times for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 22 goals.

Achievements

• Three championships with Hajduk Split (1950, 1952 and 1955 ) This is the championship of 1950 emphasized because it has been brought without a defeat. This record remains unbroken to this day.
• Two silver medals at the Olympic Games (1948 and 1952) for Yugoslavia
• Scorer in the 1954/55 season with 20 goals
• For Hajduk Split, he completed 615 games and scored 300 goals.
• On 21 October 1953 he was appointed to the World Selection to participate Stadium on match against England at Wembley. The game ended 4:4
• On 13 August 1955, he received an invitation in the European selection to a renewed game against Great Britain in Belfast. Here won the European selection 4-1 and Bernard Vukas was successful with a hat-trick
• Participation in two world championships in 1950 and 1954.

Honors

The Croatian Football Federation awarded him in 2000 as " the best Croatian football player of all time " from the renowned daily newspaper Večernji list elected him "Sportsman of the Century".

Others about Vukas

"He is one of the biggest footballing artists I've ever seen, he knows this artistic ability to capitalize on an inimitable manner for the benefit of his team, for me it represents the prototype of a modern player dar. Bernard Vukas is not only one of the best footballers in the world, but also a role model other than sports. "

" The final proof of the perfection of this player is the last game between Italy and Yugoslavia in Turin, which he transformed into a one-man show."

"In my opinion, if today would put together the best team in the world, it would be no question about who would play as a center forward, the choice would certainly fall on Bernard Vukas. "

"I'll never forget his appearance in Belfast when he has played this year for the European choice and scored a hat trick, which proved that he is one of the best players in the world. "

" When you talk about good football, then you have to talk about the team from Yugoslavia, and if one raises the question of who is the best player in the world, his name belongs to the former. "

"I had the opportunity to follow the development of Bernard Vukas, especially in the last three games between France and Yugoslavia and Great Britain against Europe, and every time I put firmly back what that player has an extraordinary technique and an inimitable feeling for the game he is for me and most other Frenchmen of the best players from Yugoslavia which it has ever been. "