Ivo Šuprina

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Ivo Šuprina
Personal information
Full name Ivan Šuprina
Date of birth (1921-10-01)1 October 1921
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 13 July 1988(1988-07-13) (aged 66)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1944 Građanski Zagreb
1945–1946 Dinamo Zagreb
1946–1947 Lyon
1947–1948 Strasbourg 18 (10)
1948–1951 Napoli 64 (21)
International career
1940 Banovina of Croatia 3 (0)
1943 Independent State of Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan "Ivo" Šuprina (1 October 1921 – 13 July 1988[1][2]) was a Croatian international footballer who professionally throughout Europe as a striker during the 1940s.

Career

Born in Zagreb, Šuprina began his career in his native Croatia for hometown clubs Građanski Zagreb and Dinamo Zagreb. He later played in France for Lyon and Strasbourg; during his time in France he was known as Yvon Šuprina'.[3] Šuprina also played in Italy for Napoli.[4]

International career

Šuprina made his debut for the Banovina of Croatia in an April 1940 friendly match against Switzerland and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. He played the last one of these games under the flag of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany.[5]

References

  1. ^ La Provincia, 14 July 1988, page 11
  2. ^ Il Mattino, 14 July 1988
  3. ^ "Yvon SUPRINA" (in French). RacingStub.com. October 1921. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  4. ^ ""Apolides" in Italy". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Player profile". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

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