Slaven Zambata

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameSlaven•Zambata
Used nameSlaven•Zambata
Other namesСлавен Замбата
Born24 September 1940 in Sinj, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija (CRO)
Died29 October 2020 in Zagreb, Grad Zagreb (CRO)
Measurements179 cm / 77 kg
AffiliationsDinamo Zagreb, Zagreb (CRO)
NOC Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatia

Biography

Slaven Zambata was a Croatian footballer who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Domestically he is best known for his time with Dinamo Zagreb, playing for them from 1959-69 and 1972-73 in 171 First League matches, although he also spent time with Junak Sinj as a youth (1958-59), KSV Waregem in Belgium (1969-71), and ended his career in Germany with WSG Radenthein in 1973. Zambata won four Yugoslav Cups with Dinamo (1960, 1963, 1965, 1969), and helped them win the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1966/67. Dinamo never won the Yugoslavian Championship during Zambata’s tenure with them, but they did finish as runners-up five times (1960, 1963, 1966-67, 1969). Zambata played on the Yugoslav national team from 1962-68, scoring 21 goals in 31 matches.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1964 Summer Olympics Football (Football) YUG CRO Slaven Zambata
Football, Men (Olympic) Yugoslavia 6

Errata

Serbian and football sources show his DoB as 24 September 1940, previously we had 29 September 1940.