Mladen Ramljak

Mladen Ramljak (1 July 1945 – 13 September 1978) was a Croatian football defender.

Mladen Ramljak

Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-07-01)1 July 1945
Place of birth	Zagreb, FS Croatia, DF Yugoslavia
Date of death	13 September 1978(1978-09-13) (aged 33)
Place of death	Novska, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1973	Dinamo Zagreb	263	(4)
1974–1977	Feyenoord	68	(1)
1977–1978	AZ '67	0	(0)
Total		331	(5)
International career
1966–1972	Yugoslavia	13	(0)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia European Championship 1968 Italy Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Ramljak left Dinamo Zagreb for Dutch side Feyenoord after playing over 600 games for the club. He moved to AZ '67 after three seasons in Rotterdam, but never played for AZ as his career got cut short due to injury.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a May 1966 friendly match against Hungary and earned a total of 13 caps, scoring no goals. He was a participant at Euro 1968 and his final international was a May 1972 European Championship qualification match away against the Soviet Union.^[2]

Death and legacy

Mladen Ramljak died in a road accident near Novska. Dinamo Zagreb holds an international memorial tournament in his honour for youth squads.^[3]

References

1. Profile - Kent u deze nog (in Dutch)
2. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
3. Mladen Ramljak Tournament

External links

• at FIFA (archived) 
• Mladen Ramljak at EU-Football.info 
• Mladen Ramljak at National-Football-Teams.com 
• Mladen Ramljak at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)