Vladimir Šenauer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimir Šenauer | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 2013 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Split, Croatia | ||
| Playing position | Forward or left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1954 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 1955–1957 | OFK Beograd | ||
| 1957–1962 | Hajduk Split | ||
| 1962–1964 | Austria Klagenfurt | ||
| 1964 | RNK Split | ||
| National team | |||
| 1951 | Yugoslavia B | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Vladimir "Geza" Šenauer (29 November 1930 – 5 January 2013) was a Croatian professional footballer.
Šenauer was born in Split, Littoral Banovina, to Geza Šenauer, Jewish leather merchant from Daruvar, and Zorka (née Rakelić), Split born Catholic. He was raised Jewish by his family. His father owned the boutique and newsstand in Split. During World War II, officer of the Italian army protected the Šenauer family from persecutions. In 1943, he advised them to leave the Split before Nazis and Ustaše. In September 1943, the Independent State of Croatia took over the Split from the Italian fascists, so Šenauer and his family escaped to hide on the island of Vis. Soon after they escaped to Bari, Italy. Šenauer paternal grandmother, most of his closer and wider family were killed during the Holocaust. Šenauer returned to Split in 1947, few days before his father.
He spend most of his career playing for his hometown club HNK Hajduk Split winning with them 3 national championships. He also won one national cup in the period in between while he was playing with OFK Belgrade, curiously winning in the final his former club, Hajduk. Before ending his career he also had a spell abroad with SK Austria Klagenfurt, before returning to finish his career playing with RNK Split. He was known for his speed and excellent execution of the free kicks. After retiring he was an active member in the direction board of Hajduk, and between 1979 and 1990 he was the director of the Hajduk stadium, Poljud.
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