Ante Vulić
Ante Vulić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎːnte ʋǔːlitɕ]; 16
Ante Vulić
August 1928 – 7 August 1993) was a Croatian
professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Personal information
Full name Ante Vulić
Date of birth 16 August 1928
Club career Place of birth Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 7 August 1993 (aged 64)
He spent the entirety of his 11-year career with Hajduk Place of death Split, Croatia
Split, winning two Yugoslav league titles in 1952 and Position(s) Goalkeeper
1955. Although a talented goalkeeper, for a great part
Senior career*
of his career he had to be a substitute to Vladimir
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Beara, who was named by legendary Soviet goalkeeper
1951–1962 Hajduk Split 116 (14)
Lev Yashin as the greatest keeper of all time.[1][2]
Total 116 (14)
However, he has never complained about that
misfortune. According to Beara himself, Vulić was his International career
best and most loyal friend, who even twice picked a 1956 PR Croatia 1 (0)
fight to protect him.[3] He still managed to become the *Club domestic league appearances and goals
second-most-capped Hajduk Split goalkeeper ever,
with 339 games (116 in the league, 17 in the domestic cup, 4 international games and 202 friendlies,
scoring 29 goals in total),[4] after Radomir Vukčević (402).[5] Despite being a long-time substitute to
Beara, he was also known as an excellent penalty taker. Beara (who was the first goalkeeper ever to save
a penalty to Ferenc Puskás in the 1952 Olympic finals,[6] and who has also saved penalties from many
other prominent strikers, having saved four penalties during a single game in a derby against Dinamo
Zagreb) claimed that he has never seen a better penalty taker than Ante Vulić.[3]
International career
Vulić was capped in the only international game the Croatia national team played while Croatia was part
of Yugoslavia, a 5–2 win against Indonesia in Zagreb, on 12 September 1956.[7]
Personal facts
Vulić's son, Zoran, also became a long-time player for Hajduk Split, the team's captain and later football
manager, coaching Hajduk several times. Zoran also played internationally for Yugoslavia and Croatia[8]
and they are the only father and son who played for Croatia before its independence from Yugoslavia was
established.[9]
References
1. Wilson, Jonathan (5 August 2008). "Meet Yugoslavia's ballerina Beara, once the best keeper
in the world" ([Link] The
Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
2. Buturugeanu, Alex (1 October 2010). "Trădătorii (III): Vladimir Beara" ([Link]
[Link]/tradatorii-iii-vladimir-beara/). Istoria Fotbalului. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
3. Bibić, Milorad (21 August 2000). "NEKADA I SADA: VLADIMIR BEARA, JEDAN OD
NAJBOLJIH SVJETSKIH NOGOMETNIH VRATARA; U SPLITU VLAJ, U SVIJETU - VELIKI
VLADIMIR!" ([Link] Slobodna
Dalmacija. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
4. Statistika na službenim stranicama HNK Hajduka ([Link]
5. Zanimljivi podaci ([Link] Archived ([Link]
[Link]/web/20150402113648/[Link] 2 April 2015 at
the Wayback Machine
6. Carter, Jon (2 August 2012). "Magical Magyars dominate Olympics" ([Link]
story/1128542/rewind-to-1952-magical-magyars-dominate-olympics). [Link]. Retrieved
28 March 2015.
7. "Player Database" ([Link] EU-football. Retrieved
27 January 2023.
8. "Player Database" ([Link] EU-football. Retrieved
27 January 2023.
9. Kapetan kojemu je Hajduk oduzeo traku jer se u Beogradu prekrižio ([Link]
r/sport/kapetan-kojemu-je-hajduk-oduzeo-traku-jer-se-u-beogradu-prekrizio-1268873) -
Vecernji (in Croatian)
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