Pavao "Pava" Rajzner (19 June 1942 – 5 March 2015) was a
Croatian football
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player and manager.
Career
Born in
Vukovar
Vukovar (; sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, , ) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern Regions of Croatia, regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka (river), Vuka and the Danube. Vukova ...
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at mc.kcbor.net, 6-3-2015, retrieved 8-6-2016 now in Croatia but back then in 1942, at time of Second World War, the city was within the Nazi-puppet state of
Independent State of Croatia
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, Rajzner started playing in 1957 at local side
NK Borovo
HNK Borovo is a football club based in the city of Vukovar, Croatia.
Historic names
*''SK Bata Borovo'' (1933–1941)
*''HŠK Bata Borovo'' (1941–1945)
*''FD Bata'' (1945–1946)
*''SFD Slaven'' (1946–1954)
*''NK Borovo'' (1954–1991)
*''HN ...
in Yugoslav third level.
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at SOS kanal, 6-3-2015, retrieved 8-6-2016 He usually played as either midfielder or defender. In 1961, he moved to Serbian side
FK Bor
FK Bor (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Бор) is a football club based in Bor, Serbia.
History
Early Years (1920s to 1960s)
The club was founded in 1919 as a Serbian-French sports society under the name Association Sportive Bor (ASB). The club was ...
where he will play for the rest of his career until Autumn 1973 when he retired from active playing.
He made over 600 games for Bor and was the team captain for 10 seasons.
In the FK Bor monography, Rajzner is considered among the greatest players of Bor of all time. He was part of the team that got promotion and played during the seasons between 1968 and 1973 when the club played in
Yugoslav First League
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where he made 364 appearances. His farewell match was played on 19 October 1973, in an exhibition-game against Brazilian side ABC from Rio Grande.
by Radiša Dragićević, page 128 After retiring he stayed in the club becoming the manager of FK Bor youth sections.Bor
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municipality and he was on several occasions as the coach of the year or the honorary citizen of Bor. He died in Serbia
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, on 5 March 2015.
References
1942 births
2015 deaths
Footballers from Vukovar
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
Yugoslav men's footballers
HNK Borovo players
FK Bor players
Yugoslav Second League players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav football managers
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