Zdenko Kobeščak

Zdenko Kobeščak (born 3 December 1943) is a Croatian retired football player. He earned two caps for Yugoslavia in the 1960s.

Zdenko Kobeščak

Personal information
Date of birth	(1943-12-03) 3 December 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1957–1962	Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1967	Dinamo Zagreb	86	(16)
1967	NK Zagreb	3	(0)
1968–1971	Maribor	74	(7)
1971–1972	Rennes	20	(2)
1972–1973	ÉDS Montluçon	7	(1)
International career
1963–1964	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
Managerial career
1985	Dinamo Zagreb
1991–1992	Dinamo Zagreb
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Kobeščak made his official debut for Dinamo Zagreb in August 1962 against Partizan Belgrade, but his career at Dinamo was hampered by injuries. He played in both legs of the lost 1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final against Valencia but did not feature in Dinamo's 1967 Fairs Cup win. He played a total of 191 games for the club.^[1]

International

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1963 friendly match away against Romania and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was a November 1964 friendly against the Soviet Union.^[2]

Managerial career

He was an assistant coach to Mirko Jozić at the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.^[3]