Božo Broketa
Croatian footballer (1922-1985)
Božo Broketa (24 December 1922 – 25 July 1985) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Broketa spent most of his career with Hajduk Split. He played four league matches for Dutch giants Ajax, when he already was 36 years of age.
A football academy in Dubrovnik is named after him.
International career
Broketa made his debut for Yugoslavia in a May 1947 friendly match away against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of three caps. His final international was a June 1948 Balkan Cup match against Albania. He was also part of Yugoslavia's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
References
"Božo Broketa", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.
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