Janko Rodin (17 February 1900 – 14 September 1974) was a Croatian

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and later president of

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, that competes in the Croatian First Football League, Cro ...

Career

Born in Kaštel Lukšić,Janko Rodin biography
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(nowadays

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), he played either as full-back or winger. He started his career in

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

immediately after the end of the

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and will spend most of his playing career at Hajduk. The exception was a period of time that he worked as a customs officer in Belgrade and during that time he played with

BSK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK Beograd Mozzart ...

. He also played one season in

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with

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. He finished his career in 1931. After retiring, he became the president of Hajduk Split in 1939. He headed the Hajduk delegation that, on 23 April 1944, got on board of

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armed boat "Topčider" and escaped Axis-occupied Split towards the free island of Vis. He was Hajduk president until 1945. He died in Kaštel Lukšić on 14 September 1974.

International career

He made his debut for

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in a February 1924

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against

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and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals (3 as member of Hajduk during 1924 and one as member of BSK in 1926). Rodin was part of the Yugoslav football team at the

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. His final international was an October 1926 King Alexander's Cup match against

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Honours

;Hajduk Split * Yugoslav championship:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodin, Janko 1900 births 1974 deaths People from Kaštela Footballers from Split-Dalmatia County People from the Kingdom of Dalmatia Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia HNK Hajduk Split players SK Slavia Prague players OFK Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Czechoslovakia Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Czechoslovakia HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff Burials at Lovrinac Cemetery