Slaven Zambata (24 September 1940 – 29 October 2020)[1][2] was a Croatian professional football player best known for his time at Dinamo Zagreb in the 1960s, for whom he appeared in 171 Yugoslav First League matches.

[3] Zambata started playing football at his hometown club Junak Sinj and was signed by Dinamo Zagreb in 1959, at the age of eighteen.

He stayed with the Croatian powerhouse until 1969, and during this time earned a total of 393 appearances and scored 267 goals (93 of which in the Yugoslav First League).

As of 2009, he was still the 8th most prolific goalscorer in Dinamo's history, and one of only two players to score a hat-trick in a Yugoslav Cup final game, against Hajduk Split on 26 May 1963.

He went on to earn 31 caps and scored 21 goals,[4] and during his international career he captained Yugoslavia at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, where they finished sixth out of 16 teams.