[4] Born in Zagreb, he played football as midfielder with HŠK Concordia and was known for his good technical skills.
[5] He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1920 friendly match against Egypt and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.
[6] Besides football he also practiced fencing and was part of the Little Entente team at Bucharest in 1938.
[7][8] In August 1942 he was awarded the Military Order of the Iron Trefoil 4th Class Cross with Oak Wreath.
He was captured by the Yugoslav Partisans in May 1945 and in June was incarcerated in the military prison in Belgrade where he was sentenced to death and executed on 19 September 1945.