Career
Born in Split, he played at the position of striker. He is regarded as one of "s greatest players ever where he is the all-time leading goalscorer. Club career Matošić started to play football with HNK Hajduk from Split.
In his very first game for Hajduk in 1935 against Slavija from Sarajevo, Matošić scored two goals.
He played 16 seasons for Hajduk. While serving the obligatory military service in the season 1939, he played for the BSK from Belgrade.
Next season, season 1939/40, he returned to Hajduk. After Hajduk"s management suspending the work of Hajduk in 1941, he went abroad to play for Bologna F.C. 1909, played in season of 1942/43.
When the information about restoring of Hajduk"s work came to Frane Matošić, he returned to Croatia and smuggled himself on the free territory.
There he joined Hajduk, that restarted its work on the free, Allied-controlled part of Croatia, on the island of Visiting Since then, Matošić was playing the games for Hajduk (that was playing friendly games against Allied teams on the Mediterranean). After the war Matošić as a team captain refused Josip Broz Tito"s offer of transferring Hajduk to Belgrade and renaming it into "Partizan".
All together, Matošić played 739 games for Hajduk and scored impressive 729 goals.
National team career Matošić was a long time Yugoslav national team player. He played 16 games and scored 6 goals foreign
His last game was in 1953, and in that game he also scored a goal. After the ending of career as player, he turned to coaching career.
Frane Matošić died in Split on the anniversary of Hajduk"s historical victory over Red Star Belgrade in 1950.
Player Manager Individual Records All-Time Leading Goalscorer: 211 goals All-Time Leading Goalscorer: 729 goals (Unofficial matches included) All-Time Appearance Maker: 739 games (Unofficial matches included).