Duško Devčić (born 16 March 1948 in

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) is a

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ian retired

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player.

Club career

He was one of Rijeka's most capped and best regarded defenders of all time. He had played for Rijeka for eleven seasons and had captained the club when it got promoted to the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

in 1974. In 1976, he moved to Switzerland where he continued his career with

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.Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. , pp. 382–3.

References

1948 births Living people Footballers from Rijeka Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers HNK Rijeka players FC Lausanne-Sport players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Croatia-footy-defender-stub