Name Ernest Dubac Role Footballer | Playing position Position Defender Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1914-02-15)15 February 1914 Date of death 27 February 1985(1985-02-27) (aged 71) Died February 27, 1985, Osijek, Croatia | ||
Place of birth Osijek, Austro-Hungary Place of death Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Ernest Dubac (February 15, 1914 – February 27, 1985) was a Croatian footballer who played international football for both the NDH Croatian and Royal Yugoslavian national teams.
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Career
Born in Osijek, Dubac started his career with Hajduk Osijek before moving to Slavija Osijek. From 1937 he played with BSK Beograd where he became one of the best full-backs in the country and became a regular in the national team. He played in Belgrade until 1941 and has won the 1939 Yugoslav championship. When the Second World War started in Yugoslavia, and then he moved to HŠK Građanski Zagreb in the Croatian First League in 1941. He was champion of Independent State of Croatia with Građanski in 1943, with whom he finished his career.
After retiring, he became a coach, and coached NK Proleter Osijek, NK Čelik Zenica and NK Trešnjevka. He later became a dentist. He died in Osijek in 1985.
National team
Internationally he played 14 games for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and all 15 games which the independent Croatian national team played during the Second World War.