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Apr 01, 1917 Srem District, Vojvodina, Serbia Died on 18 Jun 1941 (aged 24)
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- Svetozar Džanic (April 1, 1917 – June 18, 1941) was a footballer who played for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Independent State of Croatia national teams.
- He was also known as Milan.Born during the latter part of World War I in a small Syrmian village, Ðanic started playing football with Novi Sad outfit FK Slavija.
- At the age of 17, he moved to their more established crosstown rivals FK Vojvodina and immediately established himself in the first team.
- Two years later, in 1936, together with brother Miran, he moved to Zagreb in pursuit of university studies.
- Parallel to studies he also played football with HŠK Gradanski, spending the 1936/37 season with them. Ðanic's studies then took him to Czechoslovakia for a year where he also played one season for SK Židenice (5 league starts, 3 goals - 1937/38) and one season for SK Viktoria Plzen (1938/39). Returning to Zagreb he also continued playing for Gradanski, eventually earning a callup to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team in 1940.
- His debut came on November 3, 1940 versus Germany in Zagreb.
- He would only play in three matches before the Nazi Germany invasion and quick dismemberment of Yugoslavia put an end to Yugoslav football activities.
- Ðanic's last match in Yugoslavia jersey was also Kingdom of Yugoslavia's last ever outing - a match versus Hungary on March 23, 1941 in Belgrade. Soon after the Royal Yugoslav Army defeat, and the establishment of Croatian Nazi-puppet state (NDH) under collaborationist Ustashe regime, Ðanic was forced into the newly established Croatian national football team as one of only a handful of Serbs that were recruited into that team, which played all of its matches with other Nazi client states or Nazi Germany itself.
- Ðanic appeared in four matches for NDH and even scored one goal.
- His last match appearance took place in Vienna on June 15, 1941 versus Nazi Germany.
- Upon returning to Zagreb, he was immediately put on trial by Ustashe under the accusation that he collaborated with the communists.
- After a quick show trial, Ðanic was executed three days later on June 18, 1941.
