1. Bernard Vukas was a Croatian footballer who played for Yugoslavia.
11 Facts About Bernard Vukas
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Bernard Vukas started his career in the youth ranks of Concordia Zagreb.
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Bernard Vukas stayed in Hajduk until 1957, playing 202 games and scoring 89 goals.
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In 1950, Bernard Vukas helped Hajduk win the Yugoslav First League undefeated, a record which has never been broken.
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Bernard Vukas returned to Hajduk in 1959 and remained until 1963, playing 65 games and scoring 5 goals.
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Bernard Vukas spent his last days as a football player in Austria, playing for Austria Klagenfurt, Grazer AK and Kapfenberger SV.
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Two years later, on 13 August 1955, Bernard Vukas was invited to play for the UEFA Team in a friendly match against Great Britain played in Belfast, where Bernard Vukas scored a hat trick.
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Bernard Vukas died of a heart attack on 4 April 1983, aged 55.
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Bernard Vukas made his debut for Yugoslavia in a June 1948 Balkan Cup match against Albania and earned a total of 59 caps, scoring 22 goals.
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Bernard Vukas was a part of the Yugoslavian team in the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups.
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Bernard Vukas's final international was a May 1957 Central European International Cup match against Czechoslovakia.