Dušan Zinaja
Football player
1893 – 1948
Who was Dušan Zinaja?
Dušan Zinaja was a Croatian and Yugoslav cross-country skier and football striker and coach.
Zinaja was born in Budapest. He was member of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes team at the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix where he took part in both cross-country skiing events.
Zinaja spent his entire career with HAŠK. As member of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes national football team, he has played only once, on June 10, 1923 in Bucharest against Romania.
Zinaja became first player in Yugoslav football history to be appointed a national team coach.
He led national team as coach from 28 September 1924 to 4 November 1925, during which time team of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes played three matches.
Zinaja died on 26 September 1948 in a traffic accident near the village of Poklek on Mt. Žumberak, near Zagreb, Croatia.
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