Ivan Hlevnjak

Ivan Hlevnjak (28 April 1944 – 28 November 2015) was a Croatian midfielder who played for Yugoslavia.

Ivan Hlevnjak

Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-04-28)28 April 1944
Place of birth	El Shatt, Kingdom of Egypt
Date of death	28 November 2015(2015-11-28) (aged 71)
Place of death	Split, Croatia
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1973	Hajduk Split	310	(72)
1973–1975	RC Strasbourg	52	(9)
1975–1979	SAS Épinal	115	(26)
1980–1981	Philadelphia Fever (indoor)
International career
	Yugoslavia U-21	3	(0)
1969–1970	Yugoslavia	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born during Second World War in El Shatt refugee camp in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, after war he returned to his fatherlands home country, Yugoslavia, and began playing football in the youth teams of Hajduk Split. He debuted for Hajduk senior team in the season 1962–63 and played in the club until 1973 making a total of 665 appearances and scoring 237 goals with Hajduk. After leaving Hajduk he moved to France and played with Ligue 1 side RC Strasbourg (1973–1975) and Ligue 2 side SAS Épinal (1975–1979). Later he played indoor soccer in the United States with Philadelphia Fever in the season 1980–81.^[1]

International career

Besides 3 appearances for the Yugoslav U-21 team,^[1] he made 3 appearances for the Yugoslav main team, his final being a November 1970 friendly match against West Germany.^[2][3]