Zlatko Čajkovski
Zlatko Čajkovski in 1953
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| Date of birth | 24 November 1923 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Kingdom of SCS | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 July 1998 (aged 74) | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Munich, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right half | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 1939–1945 | HAŠK | |||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1955 | Partizan Belgrade | 156 | (19) | |||||||||||||||
| 1955–1958 | 1. FC Köln | 57 | (7) | |||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Hapoel Haifa | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1942–1943 | Independent State of Croatia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 1946–1955 | FPR Yugoslavia | 55 | (7) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1961–1963 | 1. FC Köln | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1968 | FC Bayern Munich | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Hannover 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Kickers Offenbach | |||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | NK Dinamo Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | 1. FC Nürnberg | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | 1. FC Köln | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Kickers Offenbach | |||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | AEK | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | FC Zürich | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | FC Grenchen | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Grazer AK | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | AEK | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Apollon Kalamarias | |||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Zlatko "Čik" Čajkovski (24 November 1923 – 27 July 1998) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian football player and coach. His brother, Željko Čajkovski, was a football player as well. Normally a defensive midfielder, Čajkovski was renowned for his tremendous physical condition and marking ability and is considered to be one of the finest Yugoslav footballers. Despite his normally defensive role he was also a fine passer and possessed top-class technical ability.
On club level Čajkovski played initially for HAŠK and Partizan Belgrade.
In this period he played between 1942 and 1943 twice for the Independent State of Croatia, and between 1946 and 1955 he played 55 times for the Yugoslav national team scoring seven goals. Participating at the Olympic Games 1948 and 1952 he won the silver medal on both occasions. The final of the 1952 tournament in Helsinki was lost against the then ascending Hungarian side of the Magic Magyars.
He also participated in the FIFA World Cups of 1950 and 1954. In 1950, Yugoslavia only lost to hosts Brazil in the group phase, during which Čajkovski scored two goals versus Mexico. In 1954, Yugoslavia drew in the group phase against Brazil, but were eliminated in the subsequent quarter final match against eventual tournament winners Germany. In 1953, Čajkovski was one of four Croatian players on the FIFA Select XI who played against England.
After this he finished his career as player with 1. FC Köln and Hapoel Haifa.
Čajkovski acquired his coaching licence under Hennes Weisweiler at the German Sports Academy in Cologne. His first appointment were in Israel, Turkey and the Netherlands.
His first great success was the German Championship 1962 with 1. FC Köln. In 1963 he took over the reins at FC Bayern Munich, which he guided from the second division into the first division, two wins in the German Cup and the win in the European Cup Winners Cup final against Rangers FC from Glasgow in 1967. In this period he formed around the goalkeeper Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and, the later legendary, striker Gerd Müller, then all in their very early twenties, one of the top teams in Europe and the whole world.
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