Stjepan Lamza

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Stjepan Lamza
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-01-23)23 January 1940
Place of birth Sisak, Banovina of Croatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 12 January 2022(2022-01-12) (aged 81)
Height Zagreb, Croatia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–? Segesta
?–1960 Branik Maribor
1960–1967 Dinamo Zagreb 127 (18)
1968–1969 Rijeka 3 (0)
1969–1970 NK Zagreb 6 (2)
1970–1971 Châteauroux 9 (1)
1972 Croatia Melbourne
National team
1963–1967 Yugoslavia 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Stjepan Lamza (23 January 1940 – 12 January 2022) was a Yugoslav-born Croatian footballer. He was seen as one of the greatest Croatian players of all time.[1] He played for much of his career for Dinamo Zagreb. He made seven appearances for Yugoslavia national team between 1963 until 1967.

Lamza died on 12 January 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 81.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Sedmorica veličanstvenih HR nogometa" (in Croatian). nogometni-magazin.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. Preminuo je Stjepan Lamza, jedan od najboljih igrača Dinama svih vremena, veseljak i boem, nezaboravni dribler... (in Croatian)