Zvonko Strnad

Zvonko "Tiba" Strnad (1926–1979) was a Croatian footballer.

Zvonko Strnad

Personal information
Full name	Zvonko Strnad
Date of birth	(1926-01-15)15 January 1926
Place of birth	Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Croatia)
Date of death	1979 (aged 52–53)
Place of death	Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1945	Zagorec Krapina
1945–1946	Metalac Zagreb
1946–1948	Dinamo Zagreb	9	(3)
1948–1950	Partizan	18	(3)
1950–1954	Dinamo Zagreb	30	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Zvonko played for various clubs from his hometown, Zagreb, namely, Zagorec and Metalac, before coming in 1946 to the city's main club, NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he played until 1954 with only a brief interruption, playing 111 league matches and scoring 23 goals. The exceptions were the 1948–49 and 1949–50 season in which he moved to Belgrade and played in FK Partizan^[1] where he won the national Championship in the 1948–49 season. He played two matches for the B Yugoslavia national team.

He was known as a fast right winger, with excellent dribbling skills and great crossing passes.

His career was prematurely ended by a meniscus injury.