Antun Pogačnik

Antun Pogačnik

Personal information
Date of birth	6 January 1913
Place of birth	Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	21 May 1963 (age 50)
Place of death	Bali, Indonesia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931-1933	SAŠK Sarajevo
1934-1938	Građanski Zagreb
1938-1941	Concordia Zagreb
International career
1937	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
1941	Croatia	1	(0)
Managerial career
1947-1949	Metalac Zagreb
1952-1953	Partizan
1954-1963	Indonesia
1958-1960	Grasshopper Club Zürich
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antun "Toni" Pogačnik (6 January 1913 – 21 May 1963) was a Croatian footballer who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.

Pogačnik led arguably the most successful Indonesian national team. Under him, Indonesia held the Soviet Union to a 0-0 draw in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics quarter final game before losing 0-4 in the replay two days later. It was a strong Soviet team captained by the great Lev Yashin which then went on to win the gold medal.

As the Dutch East Indies, Indonesia competed in the 1938 World Cup but since then has not appeared in a world tournament at a senior level. Antun Pogačnik is the only coach who has been able to take the Indonesian national team to the Olympic Games. He is remembered very fondly in Indonesian football circles. He later became a manager, with Metalac Zagreb, FK Partizan, Grasshopper Club Zürich.

External links

• Profile at Serbian federation site