Otmar Gazzari (1905 in Hvar – 1987 in Zagreb) was an Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout his career he played for Hajduk Split and BSK Belgrade in the First League of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Otmar Gazzari
Personal information
Full name Otmar Gazzari
Date of birth 1905
Place of birth Hvar, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 1987
Place of death Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1927 Hajduk Split 17 (0)
1927–1929 US Triestina [1] 21 (0)
1929–1934 BSK Belgrade 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

While playing in Hajduk Split he played together with his brother Renzo, that would continue his career in Italian Serie A also becoming B international player for the Italy national football team. With Hajduk he played a total of 37 official matches, of which 17 were in the Yugoslav Championship.[2]

Otmar played a total of 165 matches for Hajduk and won one national championship, before moving to Belgrade to play in BSK where he would be national champion in two more occasions.[3]

Unlike his brother, that after retiring from football dedicated to tennis, Otmar opted to have a career in baseball.[4]

Honours

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Hajduk Split

BSK Beograd

References

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  1. ^ Only for 1928–29 Serie A season, missing the 1927–28 stats
  2. ^ Seasonal stats at Hajduk Split official website
  3. ^ Otmar Gazzari Archived 2017-09-15 at the Wayback Machine at exyufudbal.in.rs
  4. ^ Short career story at Nogometni lexicon (in Croatian)