Slavko Kodrnja

Slavko Kodrnja

Personal information
Full name	Slavoljub Kodrnja
Date of birth	1911 (1911)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	1970 (aged 58–59)
Place of death	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1936	Concordia Zagreb
1936–1937	Young Boys
1937–1938	Saint-Étienne	21	(9)
1938–1939	FC Antibes	26	(7)
1939	Sochaux	0	(0)
1939–1940	Porto	18	(29)
1940–1943	Concordia Zagreb
International career
1933	Yugoslavia	4	(4)
1942–1943	Independent State of Croatia	2	(0)
Managerial career
	Concordia Zagreb
	Olimpija Ljubljana
	Branik Maribor
	Lokomotiva Zagreb
	Kvarner Rijeka
	Borac Banja Luka
	Raufoss IL
	Ethiopia
	Mura
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Slavko Kodrnja (1911–1970) was a footballer who played as a forward. Internationally, he played for Yugoslavia and the Independent State of Croatia.

Club career

In the 1940–41 season of the Portuguese league, he was the top scorer, tied with Fernando Peyroteo. He won the 1942 Croatian championship with Concordia Zagreb.

International career

Kodrnja made his debut for Yugoslavia during the 1933 Balkan Cup match against Greece, immediately scoring a hat-trick. He made a total of four appearances for Yugoslavia, and also scored four goals. However, with the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany, he began playing for the Croatia national team in 1942. His final international was an April 1943 friendly match against Slovakia.

Honours

Player

Concordia Zagreb

• Kingdom of Yugoslavia First League: 1931–32
• Croatian First League: 1942

Porto

• Primeira Divisão: 1939–40

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 1939–40

Manager

Borac Banja Luka

• Yugoslav Third League: 1952–53

Ethiopia

• African Cup of Nations silver medal: 1957
• African Cup of Nations bronze medal: 1959

External links

• Slavko Kodrnja at National-Football-Teams.com
• Slavko Kodrnja at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)